Football Hooliganism in Italy
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Hooligan groups have been a great threat to football and have caused many to watch soccer games on TV rather then going to the stadium. The term Hooligan, also known as ultras, refers to an impuslive and destructive behaviour, commonly associated with football and university sports. This term can also be applied to general disorderly behaviour and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In the past ten years, hooligans in England have decreased significantly due to the strong effort that the police and government has put in into stopping them. On the other hand, ultras in italy are still a great cause of concern for fans and families who want to spend their Sunday afternoon at the stadium watching their favourite team play. The two main reasons why ultras grups are still a big concern in Italy are because of the police’s incapability of using unexagerated force against them, for example, shooting at them, and also because of the lack of sicurity that the stadiums in Italy have.
Unlike in England, in Italy the conflict between hooligan groups and police has increased significantly over the past 10 or more years. Certainly, most of the blame for this accurance goes to hooligan grups, which don’t make life any easier to the policemen that are on petrol near the stadium. In contrast, the police sometimes exaggerate in the way they use force and power to stop these clans. For example, a recent incident that involved Lazio ultras and Juventus ultras ended with a twentysix year old man dead. The incident happened at an auto grill in a highway close to Rome. While the two groups were fighting, a man called the police. By the time the police arrived on the other side of the highway,around 50 meters away from the incident, the two gangs had already stopped fighting and a group of four Lazio ultras were in a car ready to go to the stadium. Theoliceman in the car that was on the other side of the highway , without hesitation, shot two bullets...
Unlike in England, in Italy the conflict between hooligan groups and police has increased significantly over the past 10 or more years. Certainly, most of the blame for this accurance goes to hooligan grups, which don’t make life any easier to the policemen that are on petrol near the stadium. In contrast, the police sometimes exaggerate in the way they use force and power to stop these clans. For example, a recent incident that involved Lazio ultras and Juventus ultras ended with a twentysix year old man dead. The incident happened at an auto grill in a highway close to Rome. While the two groups were fighting, a man called the police. By the time the police arrived on the other side of the highway,around 50 meters away from the incident, the two gangs had already stopped fighting and a group of four Lazio ultras were in a car ready to go to the stadium. Theoliceman in the car that was on the other side of the highway , without hesitation, shot two bullets...