A Wisconsin dad admitted rushing onto the field and tripping a 9-year-old football player set to score a touchdown because he was impulsive, police bodycam shows.
Terrence Ryan Bradshaw, 41, is a Milwaukee Colts supporter from Wisconsin.
The father went viral after tripping the 9-year-old boy during the youth football game, according to the report.
On Aug 22, parents stunned over Bradshaw’s intervention at Case High School in Racine, Wisconsin, reported him to police.
Officers carrying out a traffic stop busted the 41-year-old dad about half a mile away from the scene, police said.
Bradshaw fessed up to his actions when a Mount Pleasant police officer questioned him just after 11 a.m., according to bodycam footage obtained by WISN.
“You went out on the field?” Officer Nicole Knierim asked.
“I went out on the field,” Bradshaw replied.
“And what did you do when you went out on the field?” the cop asked as Bradshaw fumbled in his wallet, presumably for his driver’s license.
“I was like, trying to stop one of the kids out there on the field,” Bradshaw said.
“There were just some bigger kids than my kid and I got impulsive. And I apologized to the whole team already. I apologized to the coach,” he told Knierim.
“I mean, it’s kids. Kids!” a stunned Knierim hit back.
Bradshaw then raised concerns about his son’s welfare as he tried to defend himself over the now-viral video, the footage shows.
“My son broke his arm twice already, so when I saw him flip like that it,” the father said.
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“I was trying to really stop the game to say that can’t happen. And it just created a whole mess,” Bradshaw told the officer.
Bradshaw sensationally claimed that he and the Case Eagles player both slid when he was explicitly asked whether he kicked the boy. But the impact of the trip sent both the boy and man tumbling to the ground.
“We slid together,” Bradshaw claimed. “I was trying to stop him, but he was already running so we slid.”
Knierim and her colleague, who has not been identified, considered the claims and determined that a disorderly conduct citation was warranted.
Bradshaw was charged with disorderly conduct, police said.
“I’m more mad at myself than anything else right now,” the dad told officers.
Bradshaw’s actions sparked widespread outrage online and from the boy’s coach, according to the report.
“I was filled with anger, it was disgusting,” Eagles head coach Channing Schultz told CBS58, reacting to the trip as he feared the boy could’ve been seriously hurt.
“The way he kicked my little guy. His leg could’ve broke. His shin could’ve broke,” Schultz said.
Online critics called for the dad to be hit with more serious charges, potentially attempted battery.
“The elements were not met, specifically for bodily harm,” a Mount Pleasant police spokesperson told WISN.
Parents are still furious that Bradshaw escaped more serious penalties, according to the report.
“To me it’s assault, especially assault against a child,” Claire Bernal, a witness, told WISN.
“It’s not, you know, someone of your own stature like you assaulted a child. I think this person should be held legally responsible,” Bernal said.
Bradshaw will avoid a court date if he pays a $313 fine.
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