UPDATED VIDEO: Family Claims Racism Led to Bethel vs. Bristol Central Basketball Brawl

BETHEL, CT-- Update: The daughter of an African-American Bristol man arrested at Friday night's Bethel vs. Bristol Central basketball game has posted a video of the incident to her Facebook page and is claiming that Bethel police are racist.

The daughter of the man arrested, Roderick Hickey, 44, stated on her Facebook page that the family plans on suing, however, Bethel Police Chief Jeffrey Finch told Patch that police have not yet been contacted regarding a lawsuit.

The family could not be reached for comment as of this posting. Finch has seen the video which he said does not prove anything. An officer can be heard on the video asking people to "get out of the building" more than 20 times.

Finch told Patch: "He was yelling and swearing at the cops to get their hands off of his daughter. It wasn't even his daughter."

The girl was the niece of Mr. Hickey, Bethel police said.

"What makes someone think police can't put their hands on them when they are repeatedly asked to leave and don't," Finch said. "We have statements from teachers and coaches saying they felt threatened. The man confronted Lieutenant Libertini and he refused to leave. He didn't know if the man had a weapon on him or not and he felt threatened. That's why they had to call for back-up."

A second video was posted to Mr. Hickey's daughter's Facebook page where a woman can be heard saying, "Don't worry. You 'bout to get a paid a lot of money."

Bristol lost the game, 49-48.

Patch reached out to the family, however, as of this posting they have yet to comment.

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Bethel police said in a release that Bristol parents and fans began yelling and allegedly taunting Bethel High School coaches, referees and fans and were asked to leave.

As they were exiting the game on March 4, police saw two Bristol girls allegedly taunting Bethel girls and police escorted them out of the gym. A Bristol man is accused of yelling at police to take their hands off "his daughter," police said in a news release. However, police determined later it was not his daughter, police added.

The Bristol man, Roderick Hickey, 44, allegedly became unruly, and a large crowd gathered, police said. The crowd began pushing and shoving and Danbury and Newtown police were called in for backup.

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Hickey refused to exit the building and had to be forcibly removed from the doorway, police said. Both he and the officers fell to the floor during the scuffle and Hickey claimed his back was injured so an ambulance was called in, police said. He refused medical attention and was charged with breach of peace and interfering with an officer. He is due in Danbury Superior Court on March 15, 2016.