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A massive brawl during halftime of the boys' basketball game played at Monessen (Pa.) High School last Friday has once again drawn attention to the deployment of Tasers to control unruly sports crowds. According to local media reports, several individuals were stunned into submission during what law enforcement officials termed a "borderline riot." The fight involving dozens of students and adults was believed to have started as a hallway argument between girls' basketball players representing Monessen and visiting Washington High, which had faced off in the first game of that day's double-header. (Spectators had been subjected to a metal detector upon their arrival.)

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