{"id":5979,"date":"2010-11-26T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=5979"},"modified":"2010-11-26T10:50:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T18:50:54","slug":"real-life-superheroes-could-be-protecting-your-ass-at-this-very-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2010\/11\/26\/real-life-superheroes-could-be-protecting-your-ass-at-this-very-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Life Superheroes Could Be Protecting Your Ass At This Very Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted:http:\/\/www.datelinezero.com\/?p=6095<\/a>
\nReal-life superheroes have become a big phenomena. So big,in fact, that some police departments are asking officers to familiarize themselves with the who\u2019s-who of their city\u2019s crime-fighting crusaders.
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\nTwo things have been in short supply in recent years: 1) An actual sense of protection. 2) Sincere acts of heroism.
\nLets face it, police brutality have become so commonplace that instances don\u2019t usually warrant news coverage. The politicians in Versailles DC are good for nothing. And the Dept of Homeland Security, which includes the TSA, seems to have declared war on We the People.
\nWhere to turn for real help, security, and heroism?
\nReal-life superheroes have begun to spring up everywhere. In fact, there are so many real-life superheroes running around the city of Seattle that the local police have been encouraged to study up on the real life superhero movement to familiarize themselves with a growing trend.
\nMany in Seattle have even formed an organized group called The Rain City Superhero Movement. This includes Thorn, Buster Doe, Green Reaper, Gemini, No Name, Catastrophe, Thunder 88, Penelope and Phoenix Jones the Guardian of Seattle. All masked, they carry Tasers, nightsticks, pepper spray, but no firearms.
\nThe Seattle PD were informed that Captain Ozone and Knight Owl are not part of the movement. Good to know where these caped crusaders stand.
\nWhile this has gotten big enough in Seattle to get some media attention, it\u2019s becoming something of a phenomena all across the United States.
\nThis is not a trend, it is a movement. This movement could also go world-wide. (Naples, Italy, already has at least one steadfast protector. )
\nLocal police are beginning to ask real life superheroes, or RLSH, to be careful. Seattle PI<\/em><\/a> reports that on one occasion \u201cpolice say a caped crusader dressed in black was nearly shot when he came running out of a dark park.\u201d In another case, a witness on Capitol Hill saw the crusaders wearing ski masks in a car parked at a Shell station and thought they were going to rob the place.
\nA police bulletin has been sent to all Seattle officers this week, requesting they look at the Real Life Super Hero national website to get an idea of what they are dealing with.
\nThe secret identity thing could become an issue, unless something is done to allow RLSH to work more efficiently with police. Seattle police were called out to Phoenix Jones and his team, who were apprehending a violent man swinging a gold club. But because they refused to identify themselves using their legal names, the police couldn\u2019t take statements and the aggressor walked free (minus his club).
\nPhoenix Jones was later identified as a local 22-year-old black man who is driven around by a female friend who stays in the car when he gets out in his black cape, black fedora, blue tights, white belt and mask. He had agreed to be interviewed by police; and when he arrived at the station only partly dressed, he apologized. The rest of his outfit was being repaired because he was recently stabbed by a drug dealer.
\nThank goodness Phoenix Jones is also wearing body armor, and a ballistic cup under his outfit.
\nWikipedia has an article on RLSH, which explains: \u201cThe term Real Life Superhero is variously applied to real-world people who dress and\/or act like comic book superheroes. Sometimes, this label is bestowed upon them by those whom they have helped or the media, while at other times, the aspiring superheroes apply the label to themselves.\u201d
\nA real life super hero website at rlsh-manual.com<\/a> responds:<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what Wikipedia reports and \u2013 to a certain extent \u2013 it is true. Officially, a Real Life Superhero is whoever chooses to embody the values presented in superheroic comic books, not only by donning a mask\/costume, but also performing good deeds for the communitarian place whom he inhabits. You don\u2019t necessarily need to engage in a violent fight to be a crime fighter \u2013 you might patrol and report whatever crime you see. So basically, terms like \u201cgood deed\u201d or \u201ccrime fighting\u201d are open to various interpretations.
\nMany of the Real Life Superheroes retain peculiar characteristics, abilities, special training and paranormal faculties that make them even closer to their comic book counterparts.
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