Anthony J. Peters: “Knucklehead” With A Pipe (now with actual photo)

Anthony J Peters (douchebag) with his baby mama

HT to Pauly J for finding this douchebag’s MySpace page here.

Anthony J. Peters scored the douchebag  lottery Saturday.  Normally, a loser like himself wouldn’t meet anyone in government higher than the local prosecutor.  Peters got to meet Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett…and used the opportunity beat the mayor severely with a metal pipe.

20-year old Peters was doing what many douchebags spend their Saturday nights doing, having a domestic dispute with his baby mama’s mama.  Imagine his surprise when who else but the mayor, who was leaving the Wisconsin State Fair with his family, decided to intervene.

Peters fled when he heard the sirens of police reporting to the scene, but was arrested about noon Sunday near 17th St. and State St., according to Police Chief Edward A. Flynn.  This was hardly Peters’ first run in with the police.

“He’s somebody the West Allis police are familiar with as one of their local knuckleheads,” Flynn said.

At a news conference Sunday afternoon, the Flynn, West Allis Police Chief Mike Jungbluth and the mayor’s brother John Barrett portrayed Peters as a real winner.

Jungbluth described Peters as a “desperate man” who, according to witnesses, appeared intoxicated and who had threatened to shoot himself and others. He had taken a cell phone from a woman he was confronting, Jungbluth said.

We have to wonder though: If a douchebag threatens to shoot himself, is it really a threat?  If Stephen Hawking threatens to shoot himself (how we’re not sure of, but we’re sure he’s smart enough to think of a way), that’s a threat.  For folks like Anthony Peters, off-ing oneself is less of a threat and more of an obligation.

Douchebag Report would like to echo the comments about Mayor Barrett from Patrice Harris, spokeswoman for the state fair.

“The management of Wisconsin State Fair Park commends Mayor Barrett for his actions as a good Samaritan after his departure from Wisconsin State Fair last night,” Harris said in the statement. “His efforts to aid a citizen’s cries for help should be praised and applauded.”

We’d also like to punch a douchebag like Peters in the face until our hand fractured, just like the mayor did.

UPDATE: Here’s Peters’ mug shot. (HT to TC)

Mug Shot