Police use pepper spray to stop haka dance at high school game

[ms_maree]

Police in a small Utah town are being accused of overreacting after using pepper spray to break up a group of Polynesian men and boys performing a haka after a high school football game.The police action came after a pair of officers unsuccessfully attempted to disperse the dozen or so performers who were blocking an exit after the Union-Uintah

Comments

[shadowesque13]

If you're going to do a dance, tell the police so they don't pepper spray you? That is so much bullshit.

[ms_maree]

Seems about right.

[gangsterdorothy]

my first thought

[juunanagou18]

Pretty much.

[mercystars]

this, sadly

[musique_style]

Pretty much.

[keeni84]

Of course

[wesaucereyes]

Exactly.

[starsinshapes]

basically.

[johnjie]

Seems legit

[mirhanda]

Plenty of white people understand the Haka. (See New Zealand and Australia) It's probably less well known to most Americans though.