Jacques Blondel was shot and killed in Marseille, France after he tried to stop some hooligans from robbing him by hitting them with his car and confronting them with a baseball bat and pepper spray. Sadly a gun was mightier than the bat in this case. However, someone is hoping that a bat will crush Marseille's crime problem. France's second-largest city has seen numerous gang-related deaths this year. The government is sending reinforcements, but the author of a mock online petition believes that Batman may be the only way to truly save Marseille. This could be a job for Ben Affleck's caped crusader—provided residents aren't also angry about the actor being cast as the superhero in the upcoming Man of Steel sequel. There's...
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- 9/6/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
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