University of Cincinnati Mascot Arrested During Game (Video)

CINCINNATI - As the University of Cincinnati Bearcats hit the field against the University of Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon, the fans decided to have some fun with the snow.

According to University of Cincinnati Police, fans began to throw snowballs on the field at the players.

An announcement was made for those fans to stop, but police said it wasn't just the fans joining in the fun.

UC More..'s official mascot climbed on top of this platform behind the student section and started his own snowball fight.

Police said it became a safety issue.

"He's throwing snowballs down to the students in the crowd. They're throwing snowballs back at him. They're missing him. They're hitting other people. Plus he's up on top of like a 6 foot high wall that has ice and snow on top of it," said Asst. Chief Jeff Corcoran.

Police said they asked the mascot to get down.

Once he did, police said somehow the incident turned physical and they believe the mascot shoved an officer.

"Whether or not he meant to push him to the ground, I don't know. Again, it's ice and snow out there. But anyway they both ended up on the ground. And when the decision was made to arrest him, you know it's routine that you handcuff people in a prone position like that," said Corcoran.

The mascot, identified as UC student Robert Garfield was given a citation for disorderly conduct and released.

So what do the students think of all this? "That is crazy. All I can think is that I want to YouTube it as soon as I get home," said UC student Ian Webber.

According to the athletic department, any disciplinary action will be handled by UC's cheerleading staff.

"They were aware of the incident. They have not seen any video or photos that would exist. And they have not talked to the young man involved yet. They're in the process of gathering information," said UC Sports Communication Director Ryan Coslen.

Police said this has caused a lot of publicity in past hours but their job is to keep everyone safe.

"I'm coming up on 25 years here and I've never seen this before and yes, I hope I never see it again," Corcoran said.

A backup mascot took over when Garfield was detained by police.

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[techniec21]

shut that dumb cunt up, what an annoying fuckin bitch

[fingerbud2004]

That bitch yellin to stop recording needs to hit a blunt and stfu

[redsoxboy51]

press 1 repeat it...it sounds like niggas

[aesop5280]

He's lucky they didn't put a dart in his ass and a tag on his ear.

[28AMurphy]

its not even fuuuuuuunny omg

[dieselducy]

THis is sad. We are moving towards a police state..

[deniskatashkentskiy]

lmao at laughter at 0:32

[28clemsontigz]

that ginger bitch on campus pd was probably there

[KingBajeebes]

That bitch needs to shutup, for my enjoyment

[joman66]

haha.. "Dont Taze me BRO!"