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Where a Kid Can Be Blinded

Police aren't sure what sparked a brawl among 80 people Saturday night at Chuck E Cheese in Flint, Michigan.

The first call came in at 8:53 p.m. concerning a fight among three teenage girls at the pizza parlor. A Genesee County Sheriff's paramedic and state troopers quickly got the fight under control, and canceled other officers headed that way to back them up.

But a few minutes later, the officers sent out a second call as the fight erupted again, and quickly turned into "a knock-down, drag-out between 75 and 80 people," said Flint Township police Sgt. Tim Jones.

Police from around the county poured into the restaurant shortly after 9 p.m. trying to control the crowd.

Pepper spray used to control the crowd may have added to the uproar.

"The biggest thing we did was just try to control the crowd. Once pepper has been sprayed, it's floating in the air so we called in for medical help in clearing it. If people aren't used to pepper spray, they get pretty scared and angry," said Jones.

"If people aren't used to pepper spray?" Who the hell gets used to pepper spray? We're talking about a Chuck E. Cheese, here -- ski ball, video games, and animatronic characters -- not a freakin' prison courtyard. Even in Flint, Michigan, it's hard to imagine the diners at a family restaurant wouldn't freak the shit out when the place was doused with pepper spray, though I bet it did add some much needed flavor to their pizza pies.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).