Things have been pretty quiet at Mayfair Mall. After a series of high profile disturbances, and new policies put in place to regain control, the mall has stayed out of the news.
However, there was a problem last Tuesday and it involves the Jonas Brothers.
From WauwatosaNOW:
A 17-year-old Brookfield boy was arrested for disorderly conduct in Mayfair Mall, 2500 N. Mayfair Road, after defending his non-Jonas-like appearance.
According to police:
Mall security watched as the boy, seemingly walking alongside a 17-year-old West Bend boy, turned and hit the other boy with a closed fist about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The West Bend boy fell backward into a store display.
When mall security intervened, the victim said while in GameStop, he told the Brookfield boy that he resembled a Jonas brother, a music group popular with young, teenage girls.
Offended by the comment, the Brookfield boy followed the West Bend boy outside of the store, struck a fighting pose and told him to say it again to his face. When the West Bend boy walked away, he attacked him.
He told police he overreacted to being called a Jonas brother. He suspected his attention deficit disorder was responsible for his poor decision.
The old ADD defense...
The disorder was responsible for the 17-year-old's poor decision.
No, it wasn't.
The boy was responsible for getting bent out of shape over being told he resembled a Jonas brother and then going on the attack, becoming physically violent.
He's seventeen. He's not a little kid. Are we to accept his excuse that he shouldn't be blamed? Are we supposed to accept that he didn't really do the assault and attention deficit disorder did?
He needs to get himself under control and manage his disorder. He can't be beating up on people.
Does he have a driver's license? I wouldn't want him on the road. You never know when ADD might strike again.
And there's no telling what might happen if someone else comments that he resembles a Jonas brother.
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