Dang, it's only Monday and I've already got two Oops Award winners. The first one can be found here and this one is just plain stupid. Pop star Justin Bieber is now under a police investigation for allegedly assaulting a 12-year-old in a Vancouver laser tag facility. I found two similar but conflicting stories from Billboard and Rolling Stone. Billboard says the 12-year-old got into the path of Bieber and was hit while the two were avoiding from being tagged. On the flip side, Rolling Stone reports that the boy was being aggressive to Bieber during the game, repeatedly calling him names, including "faggot." However, I did see that this was not the cause of the confrontation. I read from Fox News that the kid's friends cornered Bieber during the game and he hit the boy as he was trying to get away, but did check to see if the boy was okay and explained what happened in the lobby afterwards.
According to the Rolling Stone article, the police have concluded preliminarily that Bieber was not at fault for the incident, but I think it's mighty convenient that the 12-year-old's dad is a lawyer. That's probably why cops were called anyway. Seriously? What do you expect if you're playing laser tag? I don't think I've been involved in a laser tag game quite this competitive, but I do know it could get like this. I think the 12-year-old (and his parents) need to just need to move on. Below is a vid of a "Today Show" report on the incident. Check out what was said at the end...
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