Seattle Superhero ‘Phoenix Jones’ Arrested For Assault

Meet Phoenix Jones, leader of the real-life Seattle superhero group 'Rain City Superhero Movement'. Yes, I said 'real-life' superhero group. At night, Jones enters a secret room of an unnamed comic book store and dons a costume which consists of a bulletproof vest and stab plating, as well as an arsenal consisting of a stun baton and oleoresin capsicum/tear gas personal defense spray. Phoenix Jones, who has been unmasked by police as Benjamin Fodor, was arrested about 2:30 a.m. Sunday while still wearing his black and gold superhero costume.

He was charged with assaulting two people who police said were "dancing and having a good time" as they walked to their car.

"In this particular case, he perceived that this group was fighting and when we contacted them, they said they weren't fighting," said Det. Mark Jamieson, a Seattle Police Department public information officer. "Unfortunately, he used force. He committed a crime, an assault against these individuals. That's against the law." The police report by Officer Hosea Crumpton said cited a woman who was sprayed saying the four victims "began dancing and frolicking with each other. Suddenly she observed a person ... running full sprint towards her group." The person sprayed all four victims with pepper spray, the report stated. Fodor, who was being filmed by a journalist at the time, told police he "ran into the crowd to break up the fight."

Here is the video of the "incident".

Here are pictures of Phoenix Jones. All I have to say is, Wow!