Father lifts his son and uses him as a human shield to avoid being pepper-sprayed by the police

• Taron Boddie brought another child with him when he went to pick his son up early from South Scranton Intermediate
• Boddie was without identification and engaged in a verbal dispute with school workers 
• He avoided pepper spray when he held his child up in front of a responding police officer he earlier touched

By ZOE SZATHMARY FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 06:17 GMT, 27 October 2014 | UPDATED: 07:02 GMT, 27 October 2014

A Pennsylvania father avoided being pepper sprayed by putting his son in front of him, it has been reported.

The Scranton Times-Tribune, citing a criminal complaint, reported that Taron Boddie brought another boy along when he went to pick his son up early from South Scranton Intermediate on Thursday.

Boddie was without identification and engaged in a verbal dispute with school workers, according to the newspaper.

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