Police killed soccer fan (in Paris!)

Svenska Dagbladet ^ | 24 Nov. 2006 | PARIS TT

[ScaniaBoy]

A supporter of the French football club Paris Saint Germanin was shot and killed by police Thursday night after a UEFA-cup game against the Israeli team Hapoel Tel Aviv.

The tradgedy occurred outside the stadium Parc de Princes in Paris after PSG had lost against Hapoel with 2-4.

According to police sources a lonely Hapoel fan was surrounded by 150 fans from the Parisian club on a street outside the areana. A policeman hurried tthere and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.

He then fired two live rounds. Two PSG suporters were hit and one of them was killed. The policeman was forced to flee from the rest of the suporters and took refuge in a hamburger resturant. The police put in reinforcements to quench the unrest, and an internal investigation regarding the shooting was immediately initiated.

(Translated from Swedish)

[ScaniaBoy]

A few things to note:

A very small notice far down on the SvD homepage. Now how would this have looked if the match had taken place in Tel Aviv and the Israeli police had killed a soccer fan? Any guesses?

A lonely Jew against 150 PSG fans. Lots of rasism connected to fans of the large soccer clubs in France, Italy and the Netherlands. It doesn't say but my guess is that we are dealing with the usual "youths".

Oh, yes, Hapoel won, PSG lost - he, he, he, he!

[ScaniaBoy]

PING!

[Fierce Allegiance]

Succer has hooligans because it's so frigging boring, the fans have way too much energy they are not expending cheering for the team.

Damn metric football.

[Rastus]

What really made it bad is that after the cop made the shot, he said, "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!"

;~}

[SevenofNine]

How is this news ROFL

If about Eagles or Raider fan I am intersted

[JRios1968]

Euro Succer Fan makes Raider Fan look downright sedate. Couldn't have happened to a better person...

[atomic conspiracy]

Have the flics had enough?

There will be a lot of fallout from this. The whorehouse European media will instantly demonize the cop for excessive force. The rest of us might wonder at the level of provocation that must have existed, given the ultra PC background of recent French police work.

[Dallas59]

What is "Soccer"?

[SevenofNine]

What worst in US football fans Eagles fan or Raider fan

I am raider fan I know Eagle fan would tear up Raider fan

[isom35]

do you have a boycott against using punctuation? or is a it some kind of haiku hybrid? or?

[JRios1968]

On a confrontation between Raider Fan and Iggle Fan...it would be hard to choose sides...

[atomic conspiracy]

Follow up from Yahoo. Looks like the "victim" was a local hooligan rather than an "immigrant yoot," but we'll see. The cop is black so that will take some of the edge off the media feeding frenzy, unless the "victim" turns out to be a Muslim after all. In that case, we can expect a great massacre of Citroens and Renaults to follow forthwith.

[Sterm26]

I work at Eagles games. Last season, "Spike", one of the many costumed Raiders fans, was invited to the Linc in Philly by a friend of mine, the "Birdman". (There apparently is a sub-culture of NFL fans who like to dress up as unofficial mascots, and they have a friendly fraternity). Birdman invited me to meet Mr. Spike, and when I did, the man was visibly shaking from fright. "You guys are way too over the top" he said.....nothing physical happened, just lots and lots of verbal abuse. No police or ambulances were needed.

While Eagles fans have had some publicized bad incidents in the past, I'd venture to say that it's much safer to go to an Eagles game dressed in another team's jersey than any European soccer match...not even close.

[Pontiac]

What I find revolting is that these Soccer Hooligans can not work up even half as much emotional attachment to their homeland and the defense there of as they do about a moronic sport team.

If these Frenchmen cared half as much about their country as they do about their precious football teams we would have a strong French ally on the ground in Iraq.

[Centurion2000]

He then fired two live rounds. Two PSG suporters were hit and one of them was killed. The policeman was forced to flee from the rest of the suporters and took refuge in a hamburger resturant.

My God, a French firearm that's actually been fired TWICE in COMBAT?

The collectors' value on that pistol just shot up about 50,000 dollars.

I'm sure he'll get France's highest award for valor for actually firing twice before actually retreating.

[atomic conspiracy]

Sheesh! This soccer hooliganism is as complex as Balkan politics and almost as violent. There are apparently several factions of PSG supporters, including white racist gangs ("Casual Firm" "the Independents") and rival "multicultural" gangs. The most prominent of the latter ("Tigris Mystic") is based in the Muslim suburbs. They have been known to fight with each other as well as with gangs supporting rival teams. It will be interesting to see which faction was involved in this incident.

[hometoroost]

"My God, a French firearm that's actually been fired TWICE in COMBAT?

Shooting at unarmed soccer fans hardly qualifies as combat no matter how rowdy they are. Granted there were 150 of them but he got away.

Still, I can't be too hard on him. It would take 30 LA police officers firing 180 rounds to score two hits.

[CurlyDave]

In that case, we can expect a great massacre of Citroens and Renaults to follow forthwith.

I thought they were up to about 50 a day, just in Paris, under "normal" circumstances. How many do you have to get to for it to be a "massacre"?

That many burned cars in any major city win the US would be beyond belief.

How do the French insurance companies put up with this? Other than just removing coverage for burning? In the US, State Farm and Alstate would be putting enormous pressure on the government over this kind of stuff.

[Slings and Arrows]

A lonely Jew against 150 [French] PSG fans.

IOW, a fair fight.

[atomic conspiracy]

As you say, 50 is getting to be pretty routine. A true massacre would be in the hundreds, sustained for weeks on end. I might set up a pool on it at Rantburg.