Pitch-invading baseball fan tasered by police - Excessive Response?

Telegraph Sport Wed, June 12, 2024

A baseball fan was tasered by a police officer moments after performing a backflip on the field of play in astonishing scenes in Major League Baseball on Tuesday night.

The supporter was seen appearing to talk to Tyler Freeman from the Cleveland Guardians in their match with the Cincinnati Reds. Footage showed Freeman, a center fielder for the MLB club, ignoring the offer of a fist-bump before the interloper moved away to perform a somersault in mid-air.

A police officer, whose hat fell off during the melee, could then be seen deploying a taser on the man, who is reportedly a 19-year-old sophomore at Ohio State University.