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Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump is representing a St. Louis football team after Massillon police used pepper spray on them following a game.

Attorneys and parents allege the incident was an act of excessive force and racial profiling, causing physical and mental harm to the students.

Crump is demanding an apology from the police department and is exploring legal action to seek accountability.

A high-profile civil rights attorney is demanding Massillon police apologize to a group of St. Louis area football players hit by pepper spray after the team's game at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium earlier this month.

Benjamin Crump, who has worked on civil rights cases involving George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, is representing more than two dozen Cardinal Ritter College Prep

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