Civil rights attorneys representing football players who were pepper sprayed at a football game against Washington High School in Massillon in early October are demanding accountability.

During a press conference Monday, attorney Ben Crump and parents of Cardinal Ritter College Prep players in St. Louis stood before cameras demanding Massillon Police apologize and take responsibility for shooting pepper spray at players after an incident at the end of the game on Oct. 3.

Crump wants to know why Cardinal Ritter, a majority Black team, was targeted.

"There's no way to try to justify the use of chemical agents on 14, 15, 16-year-old children," Crump said.

Crump says he hopes Massillon Police will do the right thing.

"Hopefully, they will admit that there were excessive force employed, th

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