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DECATUR, Ga. — A struggle after a Dekalb County highschool basketball recreation was damaged up when faculty district police pepper-sprayed these concerned, in response to a letter despatched house by the Redan Excessive Faculty principal.
Principal Vitella Dodson stated the struggle occurred after an away basketball recreation towards Towers Excessive Faculty. The letter stated the DeKalb County Faculty District Police took measures to manage the scenario, together with discharging pepper spray.
Emergency medical personnel handled the people who had been impacted. No critical accidents had been reported.
“I commend the immediate {and professional} response of legislation enforcement, safety personnel, faculty directors, workers, and others concerned in addressing this incident rapidly and safely,” Principal Dodson wrote. “Conditions like these negatively affect our colleges’ security and fame. We ask that our households and group companions assist us deal with these disciplinary points and the implications of those behaviors by speaking to your kids or different younger folks you recognize.”
Though there’s presently restricted details about what led as much as the struggle, the college district stated all college students who had been concerned might be held totally accountable below the legislation, including Wednesday that “all DCSD college students collaborating on this incident face disciplinary penalties as outlined within the District’s 2023-2024 Code of Student Conduct.“
Police are nonetheless investigating.
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