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Viral Turnstile Stage-Dive Video Revives Scrutiny of Richmond Show and Pepper-Spray Probe

The resurfaced footage renews scrutiny of security practices as police conduct at the Richmond concert remains under internal review.

Overview

  • Newly viral fan-shot video from Turnstile’s September Brown’s Island show shows a fan sprinting across the stage and leaping over the photo pit, clipping the barricade before landing in the crowd.
  • Footage from the same performance shows a Richmond sheriff’s deputy using pepper spray on a teen attempting to reach the stage during the song “Birds.”
  • Richmond Sheriff Antoinette Irving has confirmed an internal investigation and a review of bodycam footage, with no findings released to date.
  • Frontman Brendan Yates criticized the officer’s actions in comments to The Guardian, and onstage video shows bassist Franz Lyons shielding his eyes from the spray.
  • The band’s U.K. and European tour began in Dublin on Oct. 31, extending attention on the Richmond incidents beyond local coverage.