<\/a>Deaths Head Moth thinks the group’s presence stops criminal activity<\/p><\/div>
\nPointing at Nitro, he says: “My friend here was at the class where I taught unconventional weapons. He can tell you from experience what it’s like to be on the wrong side of a harmonica.”
\nNitro shakes his head: “I do not want to deal with that harmonica ever again.”
\nIt’s one of a number of items carried by the team that are legal, but can still do damage in a fight.
\nSome wear studded gloves. One has a long metal torch that can be used as a club.
\nDeaths Head Moth admits he sometimes uses violence.
\nSerial killer <\/strong>
\n“I don’t do this to punish the wicked but to protect their victims,” he says.
\n“But some people just don’t take kindly to being politely asked to stop what they’re doing.”
\nThe authorities say crime fighting should be left to the police, although the New York Police Department refused to comment on the group’s activities.
\nZero is scornful. “Check the stats,” he says. “They don’t show up.”
\nA serial killer has been targeting prostitutes in New York. The team’s offering protection to women who think they’re at risk.
\n“We’re doing what we can,” says Zero. “If we had something else to offer, we would offer that.”
\n‘Crazy cool’
\nAround us in the South Bronx is evidence of drug dealing.
\n“Little crack baggies,” explains Deaths Head Moth. “They’re about the size of a postage stamp.”
\nIt’s a quiet patrol though, and the team think their presence has stopped deals from going ahead.
\n“They’ll see us and take off running,” says Samaritan. “They go to the dark corners that all insects retreat to.”
\n“We’re doing something,” adds Zero. “It’s better than sitting on our asses and complaining about it.”
\nDoes he think their costumes might look a bit silly though?
\n“I really don’t. What we wear is gear. If it’s a little extra designed, it’s crazy cool, you know? I get a lot of compliments on it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of crime fighters in New York who dress as superheroes say they patrol the streets of the city “to make life better for everyone”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[259,265,395,718,1840,1843,1875,2181,2293,2294,2364,2395,2459,2548,2795,3017],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}