The fight between two girls escalated and a female police officer used pepper spray when it couldn't be quelled, witnesses said
Several dozen students were treated for
respiratory and eye irritation after a police officer used pepper spray
to get through a crowd to a fight at a Harbor City high school,
according fire and school district officials.
A fire department spokesman and a Los
Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman both stated the
treatment took place after a school police officer used pepper spray at
about 10 a.m. Thursday at Narbonne High School.
In a statement issued at 3 p.m., LAUSD said a fight between two female students broke out during morning nutrition break:
"The fight attracted a large
crowd that surrounded the incident, preventing the Los Angeles School
Police Officer from coming to the aid of the fallen student. The crowd
did not heed commands to disperse by school staff or the officer.
Concerned for the safety of the fallen student and for the officer’s own
safety, the officer dispensed a short burst of pepper spray into the
air to disperse the crowd."
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