Batman In Brazil: Impersonator Hired To Patrol Crime-ridden Town

Batman does a good job of protecting Gotham City in the comics, so why can't he do the job in real life?You probably have a different answer to that question than officials in Taubaté, Brazil, who have actually hired a former soldier who dresses up as Batman on the side to patrol the streets of the most crime-ridden neighborhoods -- in costume, according to MSN.Things have gotten so batty that the cops hope their caped coworker -- whose not-so-secret identity is André Luiz Pinheiro -- can "help to combat crimes such as murder and drug trafficking which have increased in Taubaté," according to the Brazilian website O Vale.Read More... More on Batman

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