A woman attending an Ohio high school football game, was tasered and forcibly removed after some thought it was because she refused to wear a facemask. However, the Logan police department has issued a statement saying that this is false and that she was arrested for criminal trespassing.
A video of the incident, which garnered over 440,000 views on Facebook, shows school resource officer Chris Smith in a heated exchange with a fan in the stands of Logan High School Stadium.
The woman (Alecia Kitts) was asked to wear a face mask and she refused, stating that she has asthma, according to a statement from the Logan Police Department. However, this was not why she was arrested.
“Get off of me! I will not put my hands behind my back. I’m not criminally doing nothing wrong!” Kitts can be heard yelling in the video.
After refusing to put her hands behind her back, the officer can be seen tasering her in the back and then handcuffing her, before escorting her out of the arena.
“This is bulls—,” another spectator can be heard saying in the background of the video. “Tasing this lady over not wearing a d— mask.”
Another spectator can also be heard threatening to sue the officer for his actions.
Kitts was charged with criminal trespassing and released at the scene, according to the statement from the Logan Police Department. She was not charged for her choice not to wear a mask and additional charges are pending, the statement added.