ACLU seeks probe after haka dancers pepper-sprayed

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SALT LAKE CITY – The state’s chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an independent investigation after police used pepper spray and batons on a group of spectators performing a traditional Maori war dance called the haka after a high school football game in a small Utah town.

Officers used pepper spray on about a dozen family members, including at least one as young as 4, after the October game in Roosevelt.

Union lost the game to rival Uintah and finished the season without a victory. Afterward, a group of Polynesian men and boys performed the haka to boost the player’s spirits…

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