

Seattle’s self-

proclaimed superhero Phoenix Jones called into Ross and

Burbank to discuss the protest violence in Seattle on May

Day. (AP Photo/file)

Seattle police weren’t the only ones trying to stop the

violence that erupted at May Day demonstrations in

Seattle. Self-proclaimed superhero Phoenix Jones was also

on the scene.

“I got hit in the face with a stick and hit with a rock,”

said Jones of the bruising he took standing up to

protesters.

Black-clad protesters using sticks and bats smashed stores

and automobile windows during May Day demonstrations that

turned violent in Seattle.

In an appearance on 97.3 KIRO FM’s Ross and Burbank Show,

Jones said his presence at the demonstrations was not

about the protest, but about the damage that a small group

of participants were determined to wreak on the city.

“I don’t care if people want to protest, that’s your right

as an American,” said Jones. “But when you want to hurt

other people’s businesses, when you want to break

property, when you want to vandalize, I don’t put up with

that.”

Jones was joined by other superhero friends Midnight Jack

and El Caballero. He said it was a scene they witnessed

at the federal building that finally drew them into the

fray.

“They broke the windows to the building and then started

throwing stuff that was on fire and exploding inside the

building where the people were,” said Jones. “That’s when

me and Midnight Jack and Cabbie said ‘this is enough,

we’re stepping in.'”

In a post to his facebook page, Jones blamed the trouble

on a “small group of black water anarchists that made open

threats to try and destroy key buildings in my city.”

“It is ridiculous and against everything I stand for to

watch people purposely commit acts of terror, violence,

and mayhem,” Jones wrote.

Jones, who calls himself “the guardian of Seattle,” told

Ross and Burbank he’s dedicated to serving the city in big

incidents like this, and generally does about five patrols

a week.

He said his job has become a little more difficult after

he was arrested in October and his pepper spray was at the

center of debate. The city attorney declined to file

charges in the case, but Jones isn’t taking any chances

these days.

“It makes my life a little harder,” said Jones. “I have to

make sure 100 percent it’s justifiable, but I like that

accountability.”

He does however find a few more bumps and bruises without

it. “I’m willing to take a rock or take a stick if I have

to.”

Jones said he didn’t use any pepper spray during the May

Day protest, and plans to release a full video of the

event taken from his point of view.

By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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