9. Spider-Harasser
The game of superhero impersonation in Hollywood Boulevard and Times Square is a little bit of a dicey one in any case. Impersonators are essentially one step up from panhandlers in sometimes intimidating costumes. The angry exchange between impersonator Philip Williams and mother of two Victoria Goreaciuc started out as sadly typical: Goreaciuc refused to pay Williams for posing for a picture with her kids. Williams replied she was a "piece of crap." But while Williams threw the first insult, Goreaciuc was the one who first got physical, coming back to the scene to attack him with a snowball. He responded by punching her once, knocking her to the ground-- more force than called for, perhaps, but he was ultimately booked only with harassment, not assault. An altercation broke out between Junior Bishop, a Miles Morales Spider-impersonator, and a police officer last year, but witnesses disputed who had actually started the fight and the charges were later dropped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjl4apz3EA