Sorry, but this doesn't sound like someone who is mentally disabled. I don't know who was right or wrong here, but my BS/spinmeter is pinging right about now....
So, the punishment for an unzipped sweater in that town is being beat with a baton? Even if you are not mentally off, it shouldn’t happen...
What then should be the punishment for running a way? being shot in the back...
How about robbing a back? What should the punishment be for that by the police? Shot on sight?
Your BS meter seems to think that mentally disabled automatically means "Lobotomized: always catonic and drooling".
It could mean "Anxiety Disorder: has a panic attack and curls up in a ball of tears under stress"
Have your BS meter calibrated. And stop watching so much hollywood crap.