The fight began after employees asked Dixon’s children to leave because they were not wearing proper attire, according to police.
One of the city’s park rangers, who was also on site, tried unsuccessfully to break up the brawl, and then called police.
Dixon has called a news conference for Tuesday, when Bishop Bobby Hilton said he will allege use of excessive force and raise the question of race, according to our news partner WCPO 9 On Your Side.
Hilton claims police broke the jaw and three ribs of one of the juveniles involved.
Fairfield Police told WCPO this is the first they have heard of those injuries.
“This is not a question of race. This is a question of behavior,” said Fairfield Police Chief Mike Dickey, who maintains that officers acted properly.
He said a park ranger and employees at the Aquatic Center asked Dixon and others to leave because they were wearing street clothes.
Signs at the pool stipulate swimmers must wear proper swim attire.
According to a police report, juveniles told the ranger their mother told them they did not have to leave the pool. Dixon “aggressively confronted pool staff,” the report said. She was also asked to leave.
According to the police report, Dixon pushed a police officer, was warned again and still would not leave, so police arrested her. Another woman, Maya Dixon, 34, of Columbus, began striking the officer, and then several juveniles joined in, according to the report.
“At one point, Krystal Dixon called to a juvenile to get a Taser from her purse,” the report says.
The Journal-News obtained audio of a 911 call made by an employee at the Aquatic Center. The employee estimates as many as 10 people may have been fighting with officers.
“They’re videotaping, trying to make it look like a racist thing, and it’s not at all. They were breaking our policies. We told them they couldn’t be here anymore, and it’s really scary and I don’t feel safe,” the employee says in the 911 call.
Krystal Dixon and Maya Dixon were each charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. A 15-year-old boy was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and a 12-year-old girl was arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest.
“When individuals attack police officers, the officers are obligated to defend themselves,” Dickey said. “That they didn’t use any weapons shows the restraint they used.”
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