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Jan 15
2008
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I came across a news blurb with a link to this guy's myspace page. His name is "Citizen Prime" and he patrols the streets of Phoenix dressed in the height of super-hero fashion - a $4000 homemade costume vaguely reminiscent of Robo Cop with a faggy yellow cape. Is that a light saber attached to his armored girdle? And what's with the grenade rounds in his belt? Or are they nitrous cannisters for doing whippets?
Turns out there's a bunch of these clowns out there, many of whom are mapped out nicely on Google Maps. I don't have the time to visit all of their sites, but like real super-heroes, they each have their own mission in life and their own imagined 'super-powers.' I'm willing to grant that many probably do some good and most likely have helped someone in need at one time or another. I guess it's the old adage about a good deed going unnoticed if you look like a dork in the process...
The one common thing in all of their costumes is the lack of a firearm -- probably the most rational piece of equipment to carry on the streets of America when confronting crime, injustice and boyz from da hood... but I guess then you'd just be Charles Bronson.
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