Man With Triple-Mohawk Assaults Photog Who Snapped Photo of Hair

An man with a weird hairstyle assaulted a photograprapher who photographed him on a public street.
The incident occurred this week in Austin where I had been until Tuesday at the SXSW conference, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The photographer told police he was taking pictures of anything that is "remotely interesting or unusual" when he came across 19-year-old Johnathan Washburn, who has a triple mohawk.
Washburn's friend, Timothy Beard, ordered the photographer to delete the photo. The photographer refused.
That was when Beard swiped the photographer's Oakley sunglasses. When the photographer tried to get his sunglasses back, Washburn allegedly smacked him with a skateboard.
Not the brightest bunch, the two men were later found sitting in a bar on 6th St., which is the prime party spot in Austin. Beard was wearing the photographer's sunglasses.
The were both arrested on the spot.
Check out my story, video and photos covering the SXSW conference for Miami Beach 411.

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Comments
Looks like hair one of the elementary students on my bus would wear, not someone old enough to go into a bar. But then his actions show he's at the elementary level developmentally.
Sometimes looks aren't deceiving. Him and his buddy look like douche bags, and they are!
Maybe his mom was a groupie for the flock of seagulls.
"An old man was sitting on a park bench by himself when a punk rocker came and sat down next to him.
The old man started staring at the punk rocker, looking closely at the brightly spikey hair cut that had been coloured in blues, red, greens and yellow. He also was looking at the slightly hooked nose.
The punk swung around,"What are staring at me for asshole, ain't you ever done anything radical in your life?"
"Well I fucked a parrot once and I was just wondering if you were my son!" Cheech and Chong movie
At least this time the police arrested the real perps and not the photographer as well for some bogus charge.
If you go out of your way to make people notice you, you shouldn't be upset when people notice you.
(Although I'm left suspecting these boys were out looking to start something, and being photographed was the excuse, not the cause.)
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