Police Use Pepper Spray on High School Football Players
Football players from Cardinal Ritter College Prep in St. Louis, Missouri, were pepper sprayed by police at the end of a game against a school in Ohio.
A video captured the incident, which occurred during the handshake line after the game. According to the chief of the Massillon Police Department, multiple fights and pushing and shoving between both teams prompted officers to intervene.
- Officers reported that one of the home team's players had his face mask grabbed and was surrounded and chased by Cardinal Ritter players.
- Despite multiple orders to leave the field, two officers deployed pepper spray.
“Even if it was a fight, you don’t mace children,”said Ashley Ashburn, a mom of one of the Missouri players, expressing shock at the incident.
Author's summary: Police used pepper spray on high school football players after a game.