{"id":6095,"date":"2011-01-06T19:32:14","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2011-01-06T19:32:14","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T03:32:14","slug":"real-life-superhero-fights-crime-in-us-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/01\/06\/real-life-superhero-fights-crime-in-us-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Real-Life Superhero Fights Crime In US City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally posted: http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/Strange-News\/US-Real-Life-Superhero-Called-Phoenix-Jones-Helps-To-Make-Streets-Of-Seattle-Safer\/Article\/201101115882064?f=rss<\/a>
\n11:11pm UK, Thursday January 06, 2011
\nAdam Arnold, Sky News Online
\nA real-life Superhero dressed in tights, a mask and a black and gold lycra suit, says he is helping to make the streets of Seattle safer by scaring away criminals.<\/strong>
\nThe man, called Phoenix Jones, wears a bullet proof vest, and also has stab protection as well as being armed with a taser and tear gas.
\nHe says when he walks into an area, criminals leave because they see the suit and do not want to take him on.
\nIt is almost a case of Superman meets Batman as on most nights Phoenix walks into a comic store, enters a back room hidden behind shelves and is transformed into his character.
\nHe has already managed to stop a man breaking into a car and possibly stealing it.
\nThe would-be victim, known as Dan, was walking back to his vehicle in a car park when he saw a man with a metal strip trying to open his car.
\nDan said: “He started sticking it down between the window and the rubber strip.”
\nDan began to call 911, but said help arrived before he even finished dialling.
\nHe explained: “From the right, this guy comes dashing in, wearing this skin-tight rubber, black and gold suit, and starts chasing him away.”
\nPhoenix is not the only costume-clad crime-fighter in Seattle.
\nThere are eight other members of his Rain City Superhero group who also walk the streets, looking out for crime and prepared to fight it.
\nSince Phoenix started his crusade nine months ago, he has been stabbed and was threatened with a gun several times, but received no serious injuries.
\nUnfortunately, he did not find the man who was breaking into Dan’s car.
\nHe told CBS: “When I walk into a neighbourhood, criminals leave because they see the suit.
\n“I symbolise that the average person doesn’t have to walk around and see bad things and do nothing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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