--- description: If anything, it was proof he's not the real Spiderman title: Spiderman Caught on Camera Punching Cop in Times Square image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Spider-Man Caught on Camera Punching Times Square Cop by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2014 4:05 PM CUT by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 27, 2014 4:05 PM CUT Spider-Man — or at least a man dressed as him — [punched](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/nyregion/man-dressed-as-spider-man-is-arrested-after-scuffle-with-police-in-times-square.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro "undefined") a police officer in the face while resisting arrest Saturday at New York City’s Times Square, the latest episode of dressed-up crowd-pleasers acting, well, out of character. The man, dressed as Spider-Man in a black skintight suit and mask, posed with another man and a woman who offered him $1 in exchange for the photo on Saturday, the New York _Times_ reports. When Spider-Man told the couple the bill was too small, an officer intervened and said she could give whatever amount of money she wanted. “Mind your own business,” Spider-Man said. The officer asked Spider-Man for identification, and Spider-Man, later identified as Junior Bishop, 25, said he had none. The officer moved to arrest him. In a video taken by a passerby and [posted by the New York _Post_](http://nypost.com/2014/07/27/spider-man-allegedly-punches-cop-in-times-square/ "undefined"), Bishop can be seen struggling with the officer and punching him in the face. The officer was treated at New York University Medical Center for a swelling of the eye and a cut. Characters in Times Square, who are allowed to collect donations but not demand money, have gotten into a number of altercations with tourists in recent months. A different Spider-Man was fined earlier this month for harassing a tourist, and an Elmo known for using anti-Semitic language went to jail for an unrelated offense. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/nyregion/man-dressed-as-spider-man-is-arrested-after-scuffle-with-police-in-times-square.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytmetro "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3042706/spiderman-cop/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3042706/spiderman-cop/"},"headline":"Spider-Man Caught on Camera Punching Times Square Cop","datePublished":"2014-07-27T16:05:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:21:56.087Z","description":"Spider-Canned","url":"https://time.com/3042706/spiderman-cop/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3042706/spiderman-cop/","name":"Spider-Man Caught on Camera Punching Times Square Cop"}}]}] ```