Close associates, who were present and equipped with a video camera, told reporters that Phoenix Jones broke up an unfair fight between two groups of nightclub patrons.
On Sunday, the 9th of October, in Seattle, Washington, Jones was arrested for his role in an altercation involving pepper-spray.
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Jones was reported to have intervened and the hijacker escaped with his skin dyed orange due to the spray.
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The driver of the bus had been handing out fliers when another individual attempted to steal the bus. On Saturday, the 24th of September 2011, in Belltown, Washington, Phoenix Jones doused a man with pepper spray after he attempted to steal a bus.
In the video, a police officer is shown lecturing Phoenix Jones and his group regarding the negative effect masks may have on an intoxicated individual. In January 2011, ABC News aired a news story covering Phoenix Jones, in this report, footage shows Phoenix Jones preventing an intoxicated man from entering his car, threatening to use what appear to be a cattle prod as the man approaches Jones. CBS News introduced Dan and Phoenix Jones the following Monday evening. Sunday, the 2nd of January 2011, in Lynnwood, Washington, Phoenix Jones was witnessed by a man, who asked CBS News to be referred only as "Dan", preventing a car break-in by chasing the perpetrator away. He says that all members of the Rain City Superhero Movement have a military and/or mixed martial arts background. He does not condone other people dressing up and fighting crime. Jones says the best way to prevent getting mistaken for a criminal by the police is to wear a supersuit. In a CBS Channel 7 news broadcast, Jones is shown entering a back room of an unnamed comic book store in which he changes into costume which consists of a Dragon Skin bulletproof vest and stab plating, as well as a stun baton and oleoresin capsicum/ tear gas personal defense spray.
The dealers were trying to clear Phoenix and Ronson off a particular corner - not least because they were irritated by Phoenix's outlandish get-up.Phoenix Jones (born Benjamin John Francis Fodor, 1988) is the leader of a ten-member costumed vigilante group who call themselves the Rain City Superhero Movement, and operates out of Seattle and Lynnwood, Washington.
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Phoenix prefers a black-and-gold outfit and a bulletproof vest - which came in handy when he and Ronson found themselves confronting crack dealers in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle at 4 a.m. The fanfare might be quiet, but the costumes are decidedly not. And it's been going for quite a long time without too much fanfare." "They come from all walks of life, and they dress up in supersuits and go off in the dead of night fighting crime. "There are hundreds of superheroes all across America," Ronson tells NPR's Robert Siegel. Investigating the superhero subculture, he found these qualities in abundance, as well as a flourishing - if hidden - community. Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test, has long been drawn to the extreme and outre. Phoenix is a self-designated superhero and the fascinating subject of Jon Ronson's new e-book, The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones. He's been bludgeoned with a baseball bat and lacerated with a key - all in his capacity as self-appointed savior of the Seattle streets. Phoenix Jones has been stabbed, punched and held up at gunpoint. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones Subtitle And the Less Amazing Adventures of Some Other Real-life Superheroes Author Jon Ronson
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