Batman Arrested in Los Angeles! No, Really! (Well, Kinda)
Where's Commissioner Gordon when you need him? As part of an LAPD crackdown on people who dress up as superheroes and cinematic icons, then troll Hollywood's Walk of Fame while illegally charging the errant tourist money for a photo, KNBC managed to capture the immortal sight of a shamed, arrested Batman as he was hustled into a squad car. Video's below...better watch out, Meth Jakesully. You're next! [via Slashfilm]
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So, LAPD is spending thousands of dollars arresting fairly harmless guys in lovable movie/cartoon character costumes on charges of loitering, probably also spending much more of taxpayers money to arrest and detain them than they would have made if they even HAD demanded compensation for photos with them.
Yet, they haven't arrested the guy standing on the corner two blocks from my house who everyone knows is selling drugs ...
Figures.
i live in LA near the Blvd and I can tell you that Batman is not harmless or lovable. He's a total ass who badgers folks into doing folks and is rude and cusses at folks that don't tip or don't give him what he thinks is fair.
Who gives a shit!?
The guy who lives just down the block stands outside on the corner all day selling kids crack.
What's worse, a wanna-be superhero who belligerently badgers tourists or a peddler of illegal and addictive drugs!?
good grief beggars.......
The guy selling crack isn't wearing clothing depicting a trademarked or copyrighted image, so there's no large corporation demanding the police arrest HIM. See if you can get him to wear a Donald Duck suit and watch how fast the cops react.
They're essentially pan-handlers dressed as superheroes *lmao*. I'm not sure what that's more of, pathetic or hysterical *lmao*.
I live in L.A. however, and I've witnessed first-hand, these people can be real pricks. They approach you whether you want to be approached or not (much of the time they take it a step further and hang around/follow you until you give them money)and sometimes they don't take the hint, and once you have to make it clear, they can be unnecessarily rude. Many of the "characters" break out in fights amongst themselves for "territory", and NO, when they break out in fights it does NOT play out like a movie or comic book action scene. Far from it, sadly. They pretty much loiter, but they justify it by appealing to the lowest common denominator: ignorant and/or foreign tourists who don't know any better than to think a bum dressed in a Halloween shop quality costume of their favorite movie character is the next best thing to posing with their actual favorite movie character (some of them even mistake them FOR their favorite movie character). They hang around tourists, et al, and expect money for taking photos with them (they prefer to call them "tips"). If you don't "tip" them, or if you do and give them an amount THEY don't agree with, they're even more of an ass to you. If you were to come down here and actually see some of these "characters" for yourself, you might consider taking these fools seriously as an insult to your intelligence. I know I do. Many of their costumes are $#!T. Some costumes look like they came from the Halloween store, and those are the better looking ones. Some of them look like they've been slept in for days. "Darth Vader" looks like Kyle Gass from Tenacious D. He has tv remote controls glued to his chest plate. Literal tv remote controls. He got his light saber from a dollar store. "Superman" looks more like his evil alter-ego in Superman 3, but more sick. He looks like an emaciated pothead with messed up teeth and the pillows in his costume that are supposed to look like muscles make his bony appearance look that much more exaggerated...and if you stand maybe 10 yards away and squint your eyes....maybe...just maybe he looks just like Christopher Reeve....'s retarded cousin. You just saw how crappy "Batman's" costume looked. "Wonder Woman" had cellulite and made you "wonder" if that person was a chick or a dude. I could go on, cause I've seen more than enough of them around. They are a blight that cause more riff-raff and eyesores than anything else (naturally, like any cluster of loiterers & beggars would) even more than what one would call "entertainment" and I use that term loosely. These people need jobs.
this is why the rest of the world refers to all of you as hollyweirdos.
Six foot yoda & superwoman paid off by tourists on Hollywood walk of fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Houw2666138
Elvis doing the finger hollywood walk of fame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AsvM7HTudk