How many years have schools been able to break up fights without the use of weapons against unarmed students? Why, all of a sudden, is it necessary to spray pepper gas into a crowded cafeteria to stop a brawl among three boys? The incident at Athens High School was completely unwarranted. I understand that the officer working that day was subbing in for the regular school resource officer, but shouldn’t he still be trained to handle that sort of situation, and at least subdue the brawl without endangering the health of other students? Pepper gas can be very harmful to those with asthma, which is common among young people. I would much rather hear about a school fight getting out of hand then a student asphyxiating due to an officer jumping to use his pepper gas. Now, what’s been done is done. We can’t change the miserable few hours those several innocent students faced while suffering with the symptoms of pepper gas, but I should hope that lessons are learned from this incident and that past actions are not repeated.
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