Four Arrested In Brawl After Brick Memorial Playoff Basketball Game
Fight erupted in parking lot following playoff game between Brick Memorial and Jackson Memorial high schools
Jackson police officers arrested four Brick residents – an adult and three juveniles – following a brawl after Wednesday night's playoff basketball game between Brick Memorial and Jackson Memorial high schools.
The fracas began inside the high school gym where, according to police, bottles were being thrown. One of the bottles struck a cheerleader and another struck a parent, leading to a Brick resident being ejected from the game.
According to Jackson Police Sgt. Steven Laskiewicz, police responded to Jackson Memorial High School at about 7:15 p.m. after receiving multiple 9-1-1 calls from spectators reporting a fight had broken out in the parking lot outside the gym. When police arrived, school administrators and security personnel were already trying to disperse a crowd of between 75 and 100 students, most of whom did not heed officers' orders to leave, Laskiewicz said.
Brick Patch sports reporter Brian Deakyne, who was covering the game, said he saw at least six police vehicles respond to the scene and one ambulance.
“As one bus full of Brick students was leaving, students on the bus began screaming obscenities at Jackson students in the parking lot,” said Laskiewicz.
Officers on the scene got the Jackson students to disperse, according to police, but the Brick students on a bus waiting to leave the high school parking lot continued to yell obscenities and incite the crowd that was still at the scene, Laskiewicz said. The situation got more heated as police attempted to arrest one Brick student. During the arrest, other students began to exit the bus and interfere with the arrest, leading to an additional arrest of a juvenile.
An adult, whose name was not released by Jackson police, was placed under arrest when he began yelling and physically interfering with the arrest of one of the juveniles, Laskiewicz said. During that arrest, a juvenile identified as the man's son began shouting obscenities and running toward the officer who was arresting his father.
In all, three juveniles and the adult, identified as a 50-year-old male from Brick, were arrested. The juveniles, two 17-year-old males and one 15-year-old male, all of Brick, were issued summonses for disorderly conduct, riot and resisting arrest, and were released to the custody of their parents. The adult was charged with disorderly conduct, riot and resisting arrest and released on a summons.
During the incident, one juvenile suffered an injury due to an assault, police said. Jackson Police are still investigating that claim.
Howell and Lakewood police were called to assist Jackson police at the scene, but were sent back after Jackson officers dispersed the crowd. Laskiewicz said that at one point, every Jackson officer on duty was present at the scene.
Jackson Memorial beat the Brick Memorial Mustangs 41-36, knocking Brick Memorial out of the playoffs.
clamdigger
10:38 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Another shining moment for Brick TWP,no wonder why people from outside the area call us Bricktucky. Nice job parents or coaches or whoever was in charge of those kids on that bus and keeping them under control.
I hope every kid on that bus is suspended for a week and the anyone responsible for their behavior is suspended from their job if affiliated w/ the school. I can't wait to hear the story behind this and the what the BOE has to say about it.
Brickbobby
11:42 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hey there Clamdigger! You know who to call for the story. Surprised the "red" light was not lit up tonight.
Bill
11:21 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
It's funny how nobody has mentioned the Jackson wrong doing such as using pepper spray to subdue a 17 year old juvenile and unjustly hitting the others who were so called resisting arrest...NOT.. it's a shame the media can never get their facts straight nor tell both sides of the story
clamdigger
11:50 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hi Bill, good to see you stand up for the kids,that'll teach 'em. I guess it's 2 different generations of teaching. If that would have been a parent "back in the day", especially a father you would have been told you got what you deserved for acting like a jackass in the 1st place as well as not listening to the police, then the father would have knocked the crap outta the kid and grounded him for it just to make sure the lesson was learned.
I'm not a defender of the LEO's but how is an officer suppose to know someone is a juvenile vs. an 18-19 year old, stop and ask, "Oh by the way son before I attempt to subdue you what is your age?" Yeah that'll work every time.
As the saying goes, their action are a reflection on the parents,it represents the lack of respect for the coach/school as well as authority and private property.
Boy I hope someone caught this Kodak moment on their camera phone so it can be up loaded to Youtube like that crap a few years back in the Brick HS classroom that caught plenty of news nation wide, that was another golden moment for the Twp, some of the type of kids being raised here,their lack of respect for authority along with the "you can't tell me what to do attitudes."
Like I said another shining moment, man it's great to be a resident here, it's a nonstop circus.
Daniel Nee
12:23 am on Friday, March 4, 2011
If someone has a video of the event, I will gladly post it and do a follow-up. My e-mail address and phone number are all on here. I will also gladly speak with anyone who was arrested so long as they provide their name on the record and provide copies of the unredacted police reports to substantiate who they are.
clamdigger
12:39 am on Friday, March 4, 2011
Hi Dan, if there is video, it doesn't need to be and shouldn't be posted (IMO) that just perpetuates the problem,again my opinion.
It's sad,embarrassing and disapointing, not one of "our" finer moments whether BTHS students were provoked or not, there's no excuse for that type of behavior and it should not be tolerated.
All this modern day preaching about bullying and being non violent, I see that message is getting through loud and clear. I suprised (and happy) someone didn't try to "bust a cap in someone".
forthekids
11:36 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
75 to a 100 people were in the parking lot and only Brick Memorial kids and one Brick parent were "issued" summonses. Sounds like the Jackson PD did a good job of dispersing the crowd. Lets not over react to this. If Memorial was the home team, I'm sure it could have happened there as well.
Brickbobby
11:58 pm on Thursday, March 3, 2011
I would only hope that due to the outraegeous behavior of all parties involved, parents will sit down with their children and discuss what happened last night and the consequences of what can happen you are wrapped up in the moment. I can say that today I am ashamed to say that I graduated from Brick Memorial and have a son that goes to Brick Memorial. As for the student or students who threw the bottles at the cheerleader and Jackson parent, you should be ashamed of yourself. Personally, that is when the police should have been called. I have a few questions here. First, where was the Atletic Director? Second, are the kids who were arrested suspended; and, third, when will the board and the administration address this? Were there chaperones? It is a sad day here. Supposedly, this all started between the schools on FB a few days before the game. No more excuses parents, start reading your kids FB pages and text messages....you are their "parent" and not their "friend". Until they pay the bill for internet and the mortgage, you are in control, not them!
clamdigger
12:24 am on Friday, March 4, 2011
I have to say I was a little hard on our "kids" and I'm sure the "kids" from Jackson weren't completely innocent, but aren't these athletes required to sign some sort of Code of Conduct befor ethey can play school sports.
what a shame.
kimberly a kane
9:13 am on Friday, March 4, 2011
I think this is an embarrasment to our town . whatever happened the parents should have invoked some kind of authority and calm the situation instead of feeding into this poor display of sportmanship.This is why people talk about brick. I beleive most kids in Brick are pretty behaved its the few that make it bad for all the others. this was brick memorial not dragons .The richer side of town.
KMC
12:54 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
The kids from Jackson were not innocent either during this whole mess. They were provoking alot of the trouble in the parking lot with their comments. I graduated from Jackson Memorial Class of1976. Everytime I go back there, I am embarrassed at the way the Jackson kids act. Not just at basketball games, but Baseball and football. They are always making comments to the visitors. I was leaving the game with my son and daughter and one of the finer Jackson athletes in his varsity jacket had comments to make to us about the boy who got punched in the face. I had to get the police to come over and take care of his sarcastic comments. So everyone please remember there are two sides to every story. If you were not there, don't assume it was all Brick Memorial. It wasn't. And the Athletic Director was all over this. He was sitting with the Memorial kids the whole night. There were no problems in the gym.
mark smith
1:32 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Mark,
I was at the game and what was written, is false. Most of the story is fabricated. Our kids were harassed as they walked to the bus by Jackson kids. Only at the end of the game a gatoraide bottle got tossed in the direction of the jackson crowd and the person who did it was escorted out by our AD. I was standing with a clear view near the Jackson studenmt body and did not see any bottles thrown at thier students or parents. As for the parking lot kids from Jackson are the ones who started the whole melee. A couple of car loads of kids showed up and got involved in taunting the kids on our bus and the one injured student was jumped by kids from Jackson on the way to the bus. The adult that was aressted was done so wrongfully. He was only protecting his own kid and the over zealous Jackson cops are to blame for his arrest. Also the intellegent Jackson police blocked the buses from leaving the school parking lot creating more problems and the whole Jackson pokice dept was not there. Hey clamdigger get your facts straight before you go off making comments about something you no nothing about. My son was on that bus along with about 60 other kids that had nothing to do with want went on and there were 2 buses. There is nothing that agravates me more then someone shooting his mouth off with not knowing all the facts. The whole preception of bricktucky might pretain to those born and bred here but does not pretain to every Brick resident. The players were not envolved.
clamdigger
2:16 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Hello Mark Smith, The story as you say is fabricated, but there is a better one written in the APPress with some other details regarding the events inside as well as outside. It's a shame when parents stand up for their own & look to place the blame upon others. The line "Our kids were harassed as they walked to the bus by Jackson kids",does not entitle them to seek out the one harassing & cause a bigger situation. Remember the old "stick and stones" saying,obviously the students from Brick who needed to retaliate were the ones who need a refresher course in self control. That's good of you to point the finger at those who were "born and bred here" that also shows a lot of class obviously you weren't,but I can remember this town when people who liked to stay the summer would disappear by the middle of September & this was a nice quite town until the end of spring. So you just keep making excuses for the kids from Brick who were "involved" as it wasn't their fault because they were provoked, let's see how far that gets them in life. As I responded above,I'm sure the kids from Jackson weren't angles. It does take two to tango, but it takes the better person to walk away from name calling. From the sound of your explanation you stood & watched w/o trying to prevent anything from happening outside. I'm happy your son did nothing along with the 60 others,but I stand by my statement that everyone who was on the bus that caused a problem should be suspended,guilt by association.
Trish
6:48 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Clamdigger - It is the exact same story in the APP. There is really no difference. I find it shocking that people are actually defending the Brick students. Everyone involved should be ashamed.
Lori Morrison
7:10 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Mark, People who were born and bred here are Pineys. Some of us are 2nd or 3rd generation. I graduated from Brick High School, and if we tried to use the excuse that we were provoked to justify their actions you would have been kicked off the team and suspended. Then you would have to deal with the fallout at home. We had pride in our school, our teams and ourselves. People who live in Bricktucky came here when Brick Memorial was built. We were held accountable for our actions, they make excuses to justify it.
hfx24
5:11 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Oh Clamdigger,
This story sounds like bad journalism. You may say that APP features a better story but it's almost identical. Obviously the journalists only considered one side of the story: the officer's. The officer is a second-hand source because he arrived about five minutes after the 9-1-1 calls were made and heard what was going on through other witnesses.
I happened to witness the entire incident from an unbiased standpoint. First off, I witnessed a student from Jackson throw the first punch and then was attacked by Brick Memorial students in retaliation. Then Jackson students intervened and it became a brawl. The amount of fighting occurring between the two schools was about equal; this was not expressed in the article. An example of this is when the journalist says “As one bus full of Brick students was leaving, students on the bus began screaming obscenities at Jackson students in the parking lot,” This is true but why were they doing this? Because Jackson students were screaming obscenities back. I left before any arrests were made so I did not witness any police brutality but heard about it from sources who stayed later.
Both sides were clearly wrong; Brick Memorial for starting it in the gym and Jackson Memorial for following them outside. The reporter should have considered the bias opinion of the Jackson officer toward his town's high school and realized that he needed a source from both sides, or simply a more credible source.
Clamdigger, get a clue!
clamdigger
8:10 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
hfx24, get a clue you say, how's this for a clue, where was the adult supervision preventing the kids from getting back off the bus as well as preventing them from yelling obscenities and continuing to push the situation further and further. When did yelling obscenities become acceptable behavior for high school students at an athletic event whether indoor or out, whether pre, during or post the event?
hfx24
9:05 pm on Friday, March 4, 2011
Mr. Clamdigger,
the students got off the bus from the emergency exit in the back. The front door was being guarded and not the back. The obscenities was coming from both sides and the supervisors of the students from both sides were the two athletic directors and other Jackson faculty members who were dealing with the police at the time. I did not say it was acceptable behavior and had to delete the paragraph saying so because it exceeded the character limit. Its not. Clearly not. The students involved should be punished from both sides. I wouldn't go as far as saying each and every student should be punished but the schools should definitely take further action against this.
And is it acceptable to say this is bad journalism by the reporter? He used a Jackson officer who was a second-hand source for the fight and a first-hand source for the arrests. Again, I say he should have used a more credible source or multiple sources. You can't just go and write a story based on one person's opinion.
Yours truly,
hfx24
disgusted homeowner
10:16 pm on Monday, March 14, 2011
sad state of affairs in brick and this is one more example,, my thought"" save the drama for your mamma" period. oh and suspend all of them.
disgusted homeowner
10:17 pm on Monday, March 14, 2011
ps- i stole that quotation line from someone on this site. love it, crack up whenever i see it.
brickbrick
11:56 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Everyone on the bus should be suspended?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Guilty by association?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Are you kidding me? So lets say a straight A student that has NEVER been in any type of trouble at all was on that bus? If the student didn't say even a single word or taunt any one and has plans to go to a university next year...possibly on a sports scholarship should be suspended or expelled?!?!? Get a clue! Guilty by association should NEVER be used in instances like this!