Police are investigating a pepper-spray incident at a Turnstile concert in Richmond, Virginia, after a cop allegedly sprayed fans who were apparently trying to stage dive.

On Wednesday, September 24, Turnstile was playing a show at Brown’s Island, and during the group’s encore performance of “Birds,” fans began to try an rush the stage to jump off and back into the crowd. This is one of the most normal and common hardcore show experiences you can have.

Metal Injection reports that the band encouraged fans to come up. There is even video footage showing bassist and vocalist Franz Lyons helping a fan up to the stage, while pushing back against security staff, who were made up of Richmond Sheriff’s Dept. officers.

At one point, an officer unholstered his pepper-spray and threatened fans wi

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