Crime & Safety

Brawl Between Adults At 8-Year-Olds’ Football Game In Jefferson County Likely Sparked By Racial Slurs

One team was from southwest Denver and involved minorities.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a weekend brawl between parents of young players on two football teams that may have been triggered by racial slurs. It happened last Saturday afternoon at Schafer Park at Kipling Parkway and Highway 285 at a football game for 8-year-olds.

One team was from southwest Denver and involved minorities. The other team was from the suburbs and predominately white. One Black player was injured. Witnesses said racial slurs were yelled to get him off the field.

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