Beating Suspect's Family: Mayor "Shouldn't Have Gotten Involved"
MILWAUKEE - Anthony Peters was arrested for beating up Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after Barrett tried to call 911 about a domestic dispute. Peters' family now wants their side of the story heard.
Peters' older brother, who does not want his face shown or name used, said that 20-year-old Anthony was upset because he wanted to see his 14-month-old daughter.
"It's something that could have been avoided," his brother said. "If he was able to see his kid it wouldn't have gone this far."
The Peters family said Anthony is not allowed to see his daughter as much as he would like, and that is what he was fighting with his daughter's maternal grandmother about it when Mayor Barrett tried to help. The family feels the mayor shouldn't have stepped in.
"Somebody got involved that really shouldn't have gotten involved," the brother said.
The family also feels if it had been anybody but Mayor Barrett that stepped in, Anthony would not have been arrested.
"Now it's this big issue," the brother said.
The family claims Anthony is not a bad man, and only reacted the way he did because he was fighting for custody of his daughter and was caught in the heat of the moment.
"He's not violent like that. He's young, he's still a boy, and he doesn't know how to handle situations," the brother said.
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