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Pepper Spray Used On Woodlawn Student
Monday, October 29, 2007
WBAL Radio as reported by Anne Kramer and The Associated PressBaltimore County Police say they've charged two Woodlawn High School students with assault after a fight.
Police spokesman Bill Toohey says the two 14-year-old girls are charged as juveniles with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.
A school resource officer* used the pepper spray to break up the fight. Then police say one of two girls involved resisted arrest and the officer used pepper spray to subdue her. The spray also affected bystanders and entered the building's ventilation system.
Twenty students were treated at five area hospitals after the pepper spray was released. The injuries weren't considered serious.
*For those uninitiated in Baltimore County newspeak, a "school resource officer" is a policeman or woman permanently assigned to attempt to maintain order in a school where the faculty and administrative staff have failed to do so.
By the way, the incident was not serious enough to have affected this afternoon's football game. Just another Day in the Life.