Two fights & one riot breaks out at Simon Sanchez High School in Guam; pepper spray used

Guam - There’s a video circulating of a riot outbreak at Simon Sanchez High School earlier this week, but it was the use of pepper spray from a School Resource Officer that makes this schoolyard fight a little different.

A viewer submitted video shows two male students fighting in the courtyard of Simon Sanchez. According to Deputy Superintendent Chris Anderson, the fight quickly turned into a riot in a matter of seconds.

“It looked like the SROs were trying their best to try and control the situation, and prevent the students from getting further injured, but because other students started getting into the fight I think the SRO made the decision to go ahead and use pepper spray to try and better control the situation,” he said.

Pepper spray, which is commonly used by law enforcement as a deterrent and a form of crowd control in highly aggressive situations, is now under review as to whether it was the most appropriate response at the time.

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