August 30, 2010: Costumed Characters Planning Protest at LA City Hall

The individuals that used to dress as Superman, Batman, Yoda and various other costumed characters and congregate near Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood are planning to join forces for a protest at the Los Angeles City Hall.
The protest is in response to LAPD officers responding to reports at the end of May of violent confrontations between competing costumed superheroes and aggressive tip-soliciting from tourists which reslulted in officers removing (and sometimes arresting) the characters one by one.
“LAPD thinks that Hollywood is doing fine without us,” says protest organizer Christopher Dennis (aka Superman). “We’re trying to get together all the costumed characters and fight…”