The city of Seattle is home to a prolific self-appointed, and self-styled, crime-fighter. In the manner of Batman (or teen superhero, Kickass), the man who calls himself Phoenix Jones wears a black and yellow mask and a muscle bodysuit, and actually has a side-kick called “Ghost”.  Unfortunately, Phoenix was arrested on Sunday for assaulting several people with pepper spray.

He claims he was attempting to stop a street brawl between some bad guys, but police did not take kindly to Phoenix’s use of pepper spray to break up the fight, and have thrown him in county jail for four days.

Phoenix Jones is not the only superhero in Seattle. A number of vigilante crime-fighters have cropped up recently in the city, but Phoenix has attracted the most attention from the public, and has media camera crews following him around quite frequently.

He has thousands of friends on Facebook, and even a volunteer spokesman, Peter Tangen, who says the police have an agenda to stop Jones from what he’s doing, instead of actually fighting street crime themselves.

Meanwhile, the Seattle authorities’ patience is wearing a little thin. “Just because he’s dressed up in costume, it doesn’t mean he’s in special consideration or above the law. You can’t go around pepper spraying people because you  think they are fighting,” said Seattle police spokesperson Detective Mark Jamieson.

Police warned Phoenix earlier this year to keep out of trouble (and out of their hair), but to no avail.

I’d pay to watch this movie.

[Source: City Press]