Citazione di: Magnopèl il 07 Ott 2013, 16:06
Tottenham, arrestato un tifoso per cori razzisti a White Hart Lane
07.10.2013 15.35 di Alessandra Stefanelli articolo letto 699 volte
Non solo in Italia si vedono punizioni esemplari per chi si macchia di cori discriminatori con connotazioni razziste o territoriali. Anzi, se possibile in Inghilterra il pugno è ancora più duro. Durante il match contro il West Ham, infatti, un tifoso del Tottenham ha utilizzato una parola vietata per schernire i rivali: si tratta del vocabolo yid, abbbreviazione di yiddish, negli stadi, utilizzata per i cori a sfondo antisemita. Il Tottenham ha immediatamente messo a disposizione della polizia i filmati, che hanno inchiodato l'ingenuo tifoso che è stato così prontamente arrestato.
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Soluzione drastica?
Forse, ma forse siamo anche arrivati al limite. Magari un daspo basterebbe.
Le telecamere ci sono, PERCHÈ cazzo non si agisce così?
Thousands of Tottenham Hotspur fans have defied police warnings not to use the word "Yid" in chants.
The Spurs faithful chanted "We'll sing what we want" and "Yid Army" at the game against West Ham United at White Hart Lane in north London.
One Tottenham fan was arrested after the Metropolitan Police pledged they would be "on the look out" for football supporters who used the word and Chief Superintendent Mick Johnson, the match commander, insisted that "racism and offensive language have no place in football".
Officers spoke about the issue with fans on their way into the stadium.
The club has a strong Jewish following and its fans have been on the receiving end of anti-Semitic abuse from opposition supporters for many years.
In an act of defiance, some started using the word "Yid" in chants about their team.Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United - Premier League
Tottenham fans failed to spur their team to victory against West Ham
At the game home fans hailed their own star players by shouting "Yiddo" at them.
"Jermain Defoe, he's a Yiddo" was often heard throughout the match.
On one occasion when Spurs fans sang "Yids", West Ham supporters responded with loud shouts of "Racists! Racists!"
Police arrested one Tottenham supporter on suspicion of using threatening, abusive or insulting words under section 5 of the Public Order Act.
He was held at half-time in the stadium's East Stand.
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United - Premier League
Michael McIntyre and James Corden were among supporters at the game
Speaking before the game, Chief Supt Johnson said: "This topic has been debated at length but our position is clear - racism and offensive language have no place in football or indeed in society.
"Those supporters who engage in such behaviour should be under no illusion that they may be committing an offence and may be liable to a warning or be arrested."
Last month, David Cameron said Spurs fans who use the word "Yid" should not face prosecution.
The Prime Minister told The Jewish Chronicle: "There's a difference between Spurs fans self-describing themselves as Yids and someone calling someone a Yid as an insult.
"You have to be motivated by hate. Hate speech should be prosecuted - but only when it's motivated by hate."
The game ended in a 3-0 victory for West Ham.
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Allessandra Stefanelli oltre a non sapere un cavolo di calcio inglese ha anche letto male la notizia.
Per me è assurdo che sia stato punito un tifoso del Tottenham per questa cosa.
E' follia pura.