[MonsterMan]

Well whether the state police officers had any role other than maintaining order is irrelevant. The fan should never have come down to the floor, confronted the official and have to have your teenage son (who should not even be as mature as his Father) tell him to go back and sit down. Now because of this Father's stupidity, he may face criminal charges and his son is suspended a game. Is that worth it? It is only a game! But you see that sort everywhere. They just normally don't get that confrontational, especially with the police. Big mistake, bad example for the kids!

Like I have said I do not have a dog in this hunt and you are 100% correct. I have seen this or worse happen many times and the way it is handled is to diffuse the situation and just ask the party to leave, then get the police. From the tape it looks like this was done. There is no excuse for the way the parent acted and his son will suffer. I bet the state police officals were upset to see two of thier off duty officers wrestling in the stands on tv. IMO, this is not professional polce behavior.