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 showed police in Massillon, Ohio, using pepper spray on the players during the handshake line after the game.
- Multiple fights and pushing and shoving occurred between both teams.
- Officers intervened and gave multiple orders for the Missouri players to leave the field.
- Two officers deployed pepper spray after the players did not comply.
“Even if it was a fight, you don’t mace children,”said mom Ashley Ashburn, expressing shock at the incident.
Author's summary: Police used pepper spray on high school football players.