Thread: Phoenix Jones: Real-life Superhero

He's in jail for assault because he stopped a fight.

I get the argument for both sides of this. Vigilantism vs. quick response, for example. But I think it's pretty cool.

A few quotes from the article.

On a video released by Jones of the incident that led to his arrest, Jones is heard telling the film crew to call 911, then rushes into a crowd of people who appear to be engaged in an altercation.


A spokesman for Jones said he had no recourse but to get involved. "The fight was a huge group of people against a smaller group," said Peter Tangen. "It was an unfair fight, he went there to break it up."

Tangen said Jones was shoved but was not seriously hurt and plans to keep fighting crime despite his run-in with police.

From a different article:

The New York Daily News quotes Jones: 'I've been shot once and I don't really want it to happen again. I've been stabbed twice, hit with a baseball bat and had my nose broken,' he says. 'But in all those incidents I helped someone who was in danger. If someone is going to take that punishment it should be the guy in body armor,' he said."