Sgt. Wes Talley said the officer stood between a group of students and the animal because he thought it may have been rabid.
Talley said after several unsuccessful attempts to scare the squirrel away, the officer used his pepper spray on it to protect the welfare of the students.
One parent questioned why the students weren't simply moved away from the squirrel.
Two students told Fox 4 in Dallas that a school official had kicked the squirrel before the officer arrived. The district denied that ever happened.
But it's OK to kick a squirrel .....
My first year of college was spent at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Apparantly, many students there were on a friendly basis with the local wildlife. People holding a potato chip nonchalantly might find it being swiped from their hand from behind if a squirrel was in range.
One day walking back from class a local squirrel approached me an ran up my leg. I suppose it thought I might be holding food. Well, I wasn't, only textbooks. It jumped off after a couple of seconds, but it was still a surprising incident. I really didn't wish to antagonize the stupid little critter -- who knew what it would do and it was a wild animal. I doubt it was rabid .... but those ****** students had them far too well acclimated to human beings.
