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Real life superheroes transform into masked

vigilantes to protect cities of America
16:09, 11 MAR 2015

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BY KARA O'NEILL , SY BEAN

They have regular jobs and family responsibilities but these men are
taking their citizen's duty one step further
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Most of us have heard of a neighbourhood watch - but this man is taking his citizen's
duties to the next level.
Five nights a week, Phoenix Jones dresses in a superhero outfit of his own invention

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And he's not the only one as around 200 real-life superheroes currently patrol
America's streets, looking for wrongs to right.
There's DC's Guardian, in Washington, who wears a full-body stars-and-stripes outfit
and wanders the troubled areas behind the Capitol building.
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Save our streets: Phoenix Jones dons his superhero outfit then goes out into the streets to fight crime

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Most undertake basically safe community work - helping the homeless and telling
kids to stay off drugs .
They're regular men with jobs and families and responsibilities who somehow have
enough energy at the end of the day to journey into America's neediest
neighborhoods to do what they can.
But what does being an urban crime-fighter involve and why do the 'real-life
superheroes' feel a need to put their lives at risk?
Phoenix explained: "We are basically a citizen eye witness group. If we see a crime,

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"When I see someone being a victim of crime, I'm not just going to watch it," he adds.
His side-kick and wife Purple Reign emphasises that they are definitely not vigilantes
and have lawyers who instruct them on how to intervene in a crime legally.
Purple Reign said: "The police have seen how we are not out there breaking the law
or hurting people, we're helping victims and we're capturing video evidence."
Phoenix uploaded clips of the vigilantes' brave work to his YouTube channel , and the
short videos have now topped over 800,000 views.
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in a D30 material which "turns hard upon impact." They also wear arm guards, bulletproof vests and protective gloves when they are out on patrol.
So do they think that ' real-life superheroes ' are needed in the UK?
"They are needed everywhere."

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Yes

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