Youth Basketball Ref KOs Parent During Tournament Brawl

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An Oklahoma youth basketball tournament descended into a brawl and ended with a referee knocking a parent unconscious. 

Dramatic video of the incident during a game between an Oklahoma team and an Arkansas team was posted online. The video was shot by a spectator at Score OKC in Edmond (Okla.) and shows a coach approaches a referee about a call. The confrontation leads to a physical altercation. 

"At one point, another referee comes up behind a guy and punches him in the jaw or the back and knocks him unconscious," Aaron Brilbeck of the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department told the local Fox affiliate

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