School Board Meeting Over Indian Mascot Ends in Brawl

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<p>The Glastonbury school board meeting ended abruptly Tuesday night. Witnesses told NBC Connecticut that school board member Ray McFall was involved in a fight with someone in the audience. The meeting was held to discuss a petition that asks school officials to reconsider last year’s decision to drop the high school’s tomahawk mascot. Tuesday night, members of the public were given three minutes each to speak. Witnesses said McFall, the school board’s secretary, gave time cues. They said the man who punched him had stepped up to the microphone earlier and may have been upset that he was cut off. Witnesses said McFall later went into the audience during the board’s recess and got into an argument with the man. An NBC Connecticut camera caught what happened next. McFall and the man were face to face when McFall pushed the man away. The man then took a swing at McFall, punching him in the head and knocking him to the ground. The meeting was adjourned. No vote was taken.</p>