A 16-year-old girl is recovering from her injuries after getting body-slammed by a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy Friday night during a fight at a football game.
Family members of the Victor Valley High student say deputies used excessive force. The department says the girl tried to take a deputy's pepper ball launcher.
The Victor Valley High junior was hospitalized with head, back and spine injuries that her mother said were the result of excessive force the by deputy..