This video, released by the Massillon Police Department on Facebook, shows the end of the game between Cardinal Ritter and Massillon football teams. Several Cardinal Ritter students were pepper sprayed after the game on Oct. 3.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, center, stands with civil rights attorneys and parents of Cardinal Ritter football players during a press conference on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, demanding an apology from Massillon Ohio police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at an out-of-state football game.
Attorney Ben Crump is joined by parents of Cardinal Ritter football players as he speaks outside the school on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, about an incident in which players were pepper sprayed after a game in Ohio earlier this month. (Video courtesy Ben Crump)
Kimyda Mayne, left, talks about the mental anguish her son AJ is going through after being pepper-sprayed by Massillon Ohio police at a press conference as her husband Andre fights back tears, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded an apology from Massillon Ohio police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at the out-of-state football game.
Family members of Cardinal Ritter football players pray with civil rights attorneys including Ben Crump on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, before a news conference demanding an apology from Massillon, Ohio, police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at an out-of-state game.
This video, released by the Massillon Police Department on Facebook, shows the end of the game between Cardinal Ritter and Massillon football …
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, center, stands with civil rights attorneys and parents of Cardinal Ritter football players during a press conference on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, demanding an apology from Massillon Ohio police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at an out-of-state football game.
Family members of Cardinal Ritter football players pray with civil rights attorneys including Ben Crump on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, before a news conference demanding an apology from Massillon, Ohio, police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at an out-of-state game.
Kimyda Mayne, left, talks about the mental anguish her son AJ is going through after being pepper-sprayed by Massillon Ohio police at a press conference as her husband Andre fights back tears, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded an apology from Massillon Ohio police for pepper-spraying Cardinal Ritter football players at the out-of-state football game.