Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

October 13, 2011

Benjamin John Francis Fodor is a 23-year-old resident of Seattle who suits up every night and patrols the streets as a crime fighter. During one recent evening patrol Fodor came upon what he believed was a fight outside a nightclub. He claims that when he intervened to break it up, some of the participants turned on him, and he was forced to use pepper spray in self-defense.

The people on the receiving end of the pepper spray said they were dancing, rather than fighting, when the oddly dressed stranger wearing body armor materialized and attacked them without provocation.

["In this particular case [Fodor] perceived that this group was fighting and when we contacted them, they said they weren't fighting," said Seattle Police Department spokesman Det. Mark Jamieson.] Usually, when a police officer makes a mistake of that kind, he can expect to receive no more than an administrative sanction. However, Fodor was arrested. That?s because he?s not a police officer, but rather a self-styled ?superhero? called ?Phoenix Jones.?

"Unfortunately, he used force,? insisted Det. Jamieson. ?He committed a crime, an assault against these individuals. That's against the law?. Just because he's dressed up in costume, it doesn't mean he's  ? above the law."

Fodor?s problem, you see, was that he wasn?t wearing a government-issued costume.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.