FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) \u2014 A brawl at a youth football game in Southwest Florida led to a mother being arrested after being accused of repeatedly striking a player.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s detained because they said you hit a kid,\u201d said a Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputy.<\/p>\n
Video from a game in Fort Myers on Saturday shows players getting into a scuffle and referees blowing the whistle, with teammates joining in.<\/p>\n
A woman runs onto the field and appears to kick a player while he is on the ground, then adults rush in to intervene.<\/p>\n
\u201cI genuinely don\u2019t know what went through the lady\u2019s mind,\u201d said Kurtis Jones, a witness.<\/p>\n
Deputies attempted to detain the woman, identified as Renee Lambert.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet your hands off me,\u201d said Lambert.<\/p>\n
She said one of the players also hit her.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s OK. I didn\u2019t do anything. Like [expletive],\u201d said Lambert.<\/p>\n
She is facing charges of cruelty toward a child and resisting an officer.<\/p>\n
Fort Myers youth football organization said in a statement the parent has been banned from all events and activities, and it fully supports and will cooperate with the police investigation.<\/p>\n
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