Superman Arrested in New York City? Alright, so it wasn’t the real Superman who was arrested by New York City’s finest, instead it was Maksim Katsnelson arrested in Times Square after he punched a female officer in the face.
Superman Arrested in New York
Okay, so the picture above is who everyone in the media thinks the real Superman is, but no President Obama wasn’t fighting the New York City police, he was too busy fighting global warming in Rome. Either that or he was to busy doing this. Either way, it wasn’t the liberal equivalent of Superman fighting NYC police.
According to the story in the New York Post found here:
Superman, aka Maksim Katsnelson, 23, of The Bronx, was arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrested, police said, accusing him of punching a female officer in the face while she was trying to subdue him.
The incident occurred when cops approached Katsnelson, who was panhandling, and asked him for ID.
When Katsnelson said he didn’t have any ID, cops continued to ask him questions, sources said.
That’s when Katsnelson punched the female officer, sources said.
It appears that Katsnelson and his friend, Frank Frisoli who was dressed as Batman, both ended up in handcuffs. Frisoli didn’t put up any fight and quietly was sitting in a chair in Times Square when Katsnelson decided that it would be a good idea to punch a female police officer in the face then try to run away. Now let me give you all a tip, the police don’t really like being punched in the face. If you do something like that you can expect to receive much more than that in return. He’s lucky he didn’t get a face full of pepper-spray, or tased.
The reason Katsnelson decided to punch an officer and run away was because he didn’t want to be arrested. Can anyone out there explain to my how this logic works? I mean, it’s my understanding that the best way to stay out of handcuffs is to NOT punch uniformed police officers. Am I missing something?
Video of Superman being arrested
The most interesting part of this story is why police decided to question Katsnelson and Frisoli in the first place. Apparently in New York City you can’t preform in a costume, in public, in New York City without a permit. Who knew?
I never thought I’d be writing a story which beings with Superman Arrested. It seems that instead of making a few dollars panhandling Superman decided to use his powers for evil and punch a police officer. That was enough to get Maksim Katsnelson arrested in Times Square. So here’s a question for the comments, who would win in a fight, Superman or Batman? Remember to support your answers with clear and logical thoughts.
July 13th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1884973
Nuf said!
July 13th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1906726
NOW nuf said!
July 13th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
animalnewyork.com/2009/07/nypd-unmasks-superman-and-batman-in-times-square/superman-times-square-1/
New York Police arrested two young twenty somethings for dressing up like the famed superhoeros last night. Police approached Maksim Katsnelson, (Superman) and Frank Frisoli (Batman) and asked if they had a license to perform in costume in public. When they said no they were asked for ID and they said they had no ID.
Batman was subdued quietly but superman freaked out and had to be taken down by seven cops. Kids were watching the whole thing in disbelief. Do New York City police have nothing else to do than arrest these kids because they were wearing costumes? The question really is, should there be a license required to wear a costume? I don’t know if they were actually performing but were liberal democrats out there complaining that regulation had to happen to stop Metropolis from beating down people on main street?
Batman was released but Superman was charged with assault and resisting arrest. I can understand the assault part, but I just love how you can be arrested for resisting arrest. The assault part never would have happened if the kid wasn’t being arrested in the first place? So what was he being arrested for initially, resisting arrest?
Sure dressing up in tights and a cape without ID in New York City isn’t the smartest thing to do, but did this kid really need to have a criminal record forced upon him? The police should have sent them home at most if they were disturbing the pace or sent them off to get a license.
If superman were real I’m sure he would have been arrested by now for breaking numerous FAA regulations. What a sad land of bureaucracy we live in.
Author: Larry Amon,Baltimore Christian Conservative Examiner
July 21st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
AREN’T THERE ANY REAL CRIMINALS IN THE USA AND IN NEW YORK FOR THE POLICE TO FIGHT WITH?
MAXIM, WE ARE ALL WITH YOU!!!
RUSSIA
July 21st, 2009 at 10:11 pm
By the way, do you know that Maksim is a talanted artist, musician and a sportsman?
The USA should appreciate these kinds of people, not to arrest them!
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:59 am
Your article is very misleading and completely inaccurate. Maksim never ran up and punched the officer. They told him he couldn’t street perform and when they said they wanted to talk to him somewhere else he resisted and walked away, which was when they tried to grab him and after he resisted more it ended up with them on top of him. He was scared and accidentally hit the female officer, not at all on purpose. People like you try to blame everything on people like my cousin because you don’t know half of the story. I read at least 10 different articles and heard it from him and he never ran up and hit her. I completely agree with Larry Amon and think you need to put yourself in Maksims shoes and imagine how people like you can be going around adding their own twist to how they tell stories of you. Think twice before you write anything you aren’t fully aware of next time or you’ll remain a writer with less integrity than a fifteen year old boy, in this case being myself.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Micahel-
Did you even read the article, or just jump to conclusions first? Nowhere in the article did I say that he ran up and punched the officer. Point me to the specific spot in the article where I said that Maksim ran up and punched the officer. You can’t do it because I didn’t say that. I quoted the story in the New York Post and I posted first hand video of the event.
What I said was it’s probably not a good idea to punch a uniformed police officer in the face. You admitted that he hit the officer. Accidentally or not really doesn’t matter to me, the fact is that he punched a police officer. I also stated in the article the reason that they were questioned, according to the police. I think it’s pretty stupid that you have to have a license to preform in a costume in New York, but I still wouldn’t fight the cops over it.
As far as your think twice comment goes, maybe you should practice what you’re preaching and actually read the article before you just start spouting off. I normally don’t like to pick on 15 year olds, but you should be old enough to actually read the article before you make such an asinine comment.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:40 pm
of course no one should punch anyone. But its a natural response when the adrenalin is flowing and someone panics they might push back which is then termed “asssulting an officer” and the officer who may be manhandling the suspect inappropriately gets a pass unless he starts beating him on the head with a flashlight in front of the cameras. There are numerous youtube videos of people being pushed and tasered by police over simple traffic stops. They may be argumentative, or whatever, but all the same is it right for the state to beat free citizens over a disagreement? There is the officer choking the ambulance driver, the one pushing and tasering the old lady, the one pushing another lady. I mean they just pushed them behind the car for being mouthy. I think if an officer grabbed me in the heat of the moment I might react to defend myself as is natural, not to hurt anybody but to free myself from their assualt, which is what is happening. And that is considered a felony assualt of the officer. give me a break.