Sunday,
November 11, 2007
World Press Gets Hysterical over Italian
Soccer Fan Accidental Shooting by Police
The
ANNOTICO Report
I
studied Journalism and realize that Exaggeration, and Hyperbole is used to make
Newspapers more Interesting.
But
Headlines like "Italy Stunned by Fan's Death" and "Riots in
True,
a 26-year-old Lazio supporter, a disc jockey named Gabriele Sandri,
was fatally shot accidently by police as the
police attempted to quell a scuffle
at a highway rest stop in the country side near
But
that is worthy of putting
Here
in Los Angeles, as in most Major US Cities we have almost daily, gang drive by killings,with many innocent victims, car thefts chases
resulting in with crashes with families immolated, constant inter racial
black/latino riots/stabbings at schools.
Just
the other day, in a dispute between young black ladies, over a man, one who was
pregnant was run over by a another in an auto, and then backed over, killing
her and her unborn.
The
Nation was not in Shock. The State wasn't in Shock, LA City
was not even in Shock. Saddened, momentarily,Yes.!!!
One
death is a Tragedy, and 3,860 US Military deaths in
ESPN
Soccer Net-Europe
November
11, 2007
Italian football has once again been shattered by a fatal tragedy after a Lazio fan was shot dead during scenes of disorder at a motorway service station.
The 26-year-old supporter, a disc jockey named Gabriele Sandri, was shot as police attempted to intervene to quell trouble and a police spokesman all but confirmed media reports that the fatal bullet came from a police weapon.
Elsewhere, the match between Atalanta and AC Milan was abandoned after seven minutes
because of crowd disturbances while Roma's evening match with
The incidents come nine
months after policeman Filippo Raciti was killed during
crowd trouble surrounding the Sicilian derby match between
That led to draconian security measures adopted by the Italian government with numerous stadia closed until they made improvements to ensure better security.
The Italian government also created an independent body, L'Osservatorio nazionale sulle manifestazione sportive, to clamp down on football violence and gave it powers to call games off or ban fans from attending.
Vincenzo Giacobbe,
head of police at
'This is a tragic mistake,' he said. 'Our agent had intervened to prevent the fracas between two groups of people - that had not been considered fans - degenerating into a situation with serious consequences for both groups.
'I express my most profound pain and sincere condolences to the victim's family.'
As news broke of the
shooting, the reverberations were felt elsewhere even though Italian Football
chiefs, as well as calling off Lazio's game with Internazionale
in
Fighting marred the build-up to the Atalanta-Milan game and then referee Massimiliano Saccani took the teams back to the changing rooms after seven minutes of play when Atalanta fans attempting to invade the pitch.
The official decided after a 25-minute wait to call off the game.
AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta, a member of
'Unfortunately, certain episodes happened with Atalanta fans trying to provoke the suspension of the game.
'But the problem is not inside the stadia. The problem is that what happens inside the stadia is a reflection of our society.'
Italian prime minister Romano Prodi expressed his shock over Sunday's events.
Prodi was in church when a government aid informed him that Sandri had died.
Prodi said: 'These are episodes that increase concern.
'I was made aware of the situation by the minister of interior while I was at mass.'
A Lazio spokesman, Giacomo Mazzocchi, said of the incident: 'It's shocking and inexplicable. We are still asking ourselves how could something like this have happened. It's a tragedy.'
FIGC president Giancarlo Abete initially had ruled that all games bar the Inter-Lazio game should go ahead.
Speaking before the
abandonment of the Atalanta-Milan game and ahead of
the decision to postpone the evening match between Roma and
'But in the end, we believe that we have taken the right decision.
'The incident has yet to be clarified and it should not create any animosity between the fans and the police because what has happened is not yet clear.'
Roma's later request to call
off their game with
The club's managing director
Rosella Sensi said: 'It is right to ask for the game
to be postponed as a sign of solidarity for the Lazio fans and for the city of
Sydney
Morning Herald
November 12, 2007
Enraged soccer
fans rioted in parts of
In
Three top league
matches had earlier been called off after a policeman killed a 26-year-old man
during a spat between supporters of
Outside
About 10 officers
were injured, ANSA news agency reported.
In
Police said the
shooting was accidental.
"It was a
tragic error," the police chief in
"I express
my deep grief and sincere condolences to the family of the victim."
He later told
reporters the policeman had fired two shots, one of which fatally wounded in
the neck Gabriele Sandri, a disc jockey from
"They killed
my brother," Cristiano Sandri shouted at
reporters at the police station in
As news of the
death spread among supporters gathering at stadiums across
In the northern
city of
Fearing more
trouble, authorities later also called off an evening match between Lazio's
city rivals AS Roma and
Crowd trouble
also marred a third division match in the southern city of
Italian Prime
Minister Romano Prodi called the violence "very
worrying" and said he had asked for a full probe on the circumstances of
the
Sporadic violence
has continued in recent months despite the security crackdown prompted by
February's incident, which was a contributory factor in
Officials said
last month that fan injuries caused by violence around Italian stadiums had
been cut by 80 percent from last season but that it was difficult to combat
violence away from the grounds.
The
ANNOTICO Reports Can be Viewed (and are Archived) on:
Italia
Italia
Mia: http://www.ItaliaMia.com (3 years)
Annotico
Email: annotico@earthlink.net