J.B. Schutte, the general manager of the Vancouver Mall, said he’d never heard of the Proud Boys until recently and would rather not even mention the group’s name.

But after a dust-up involving a member of the far-right fraternal organization and a teenager that occurred this spring, he’s found himself spending time on politics that he’d rather be spending on mall management.

The mall has recently come under scrutiny after an African-American teenager, Mykel Mosley, was driven off in handcuffs in the back of a police car and accused of felony charges that were later dropped. A member of the Proud Boys who allegedly assaulted him, Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, walked free and hasn’t been accused or charged with a crime in connection with the incident.

Captured on video, the incident caught the attention of Portland-based social justice group Western States Center and an account was published in The Seattle Times. Earlier this month, Southwest Washington Communities United for Change, an informal activist group, organized a rally at Vancouver Mall with the stated purpose of holding its management accountable for how it responded.

Although the rally was canceled over concerns of a backlash, Schutte said that these groups have left out what he described as important facts, notably that mall security officers allegedly were punched by Mosley.