Police officers deployed pepper spray early Saturday morning to disperse a group of fights that broke out on State and North Frances streets early Saturday morning.
Officers reported a crowd of approximately 200 people had gathered in the general area prior to the disturbances, according to Madison Police Department Lt. Stephanie Bradley Wilson.
Wilson said a dozen Madison police officers responded to the scene at approximately 2 a.m.
Officers were forced to use pepper spray to break up the unruly crowd, according to police.
Wilson said officers arrested several individuals, including Theodore Taylor, who police said struck an officer in the head and chest.
The Officer in Charge said Sunday he did not know how many people were arrested.
Police arrested Taylor on tentative counts of disorderly conduct, resisting officers, violating probation and beating up an officer.
