[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"?

[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.

[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.

[Slings and Arrows]

A lonely Jew against 150 [French] PSG fans.

IOW, a fair fight.

[Dacus943]

"He then fired two live rounds. Two PSG suporters were hit and one of them was killed."

Did the Lonely Jew duck - Twice...?

[Blue Jays]

Hi ScaniaBoy-

Watch for the usual bunch of "soccer bashers" to arrive on this thread with their trite and shopworn insults. They allegedly don't enjoy the sport, yet flock to every FR soccer discussion that is posted! I'm glad to read the French police were working to gain control of the situation.

~ Blue Jays ~

[Spacewalker]

Well it's on first page in Le Figaro
(http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20061124.WWW000000201_un_supporteur_du_psg_tue_par_un_policier.html)

[Polybius]

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?

It would have looked like a single Israeli cop confronting a mob of 150 Israelis to protect a single French fan.

A lonely Jew against 150 PSG fans.

So what is that French cop who singlehandedly took on the mob to save that lonely Jew? Chopped liver?

Yeah, the cop was French but let's give credit where credit is due.

Lots of racism 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".

Most likely.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for the victim. May he rest in peace.