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DFW

(54,426 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2014, 05:46 AM Sep 2014

Fantasy realized! When brutal "security" guys go too far and the public won't stand for it

A friend sent this to me. It's 5 years old, and from the language, I assume it took place in Portugal. My apologies to anyone who posted it back when it happened. It just seems SO relevant today (unfortunately).

Some fan at a soccer game got a little too enthusiastic, ran onto the playing field, and the rent-a-cops ran after him. But instead of just removing him from the field, they got him on the ground and proceeded to beat the shit out of him. This was too much for the players and the fans, who then rushed the field and started to give the "security" guys a taste of their own medicine, and then chased them away:

This wouldn't happen in the States without about least 30 fatalities, since everyone is armed, but at least it shows that in some circumstances, the public will not stand for excessive brute force in the name of "security."

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Fantasy realized! When brutal "security" guys go too far and the public won't stand for it (Original Post) DFW Sep 2014 OP

GD went that away whistler162 Sep 2014 #1

If you know where it is, why don't you go over there and leave us alone? n/t A Simple Game Sep 2014 #5

I like that the referee was the first to take action nuxvomica Sep 2014 #2

So did I DFW Sep 2014 #3

He didn't red-card them, though. malthaussen Sep 2014 #4

Thank you for this, my dear DFW... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #6

I remember seeing this video a year or so ago. RebelOne Sep 2014 #7

It deserved to! DFW Sep 2014 #8

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

1. GD went that away

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:03 AM

Sep 2014

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A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

5. If you know where it is, why don't you go over there and leave us alone? n/t

Reply to whistler162 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 11:44 AM

Sep 2014

nuxvomica

(12,436 posts)

2. I like that the referee was the first to take action

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:54 AM

Sep 2014

He was doing his job, stopping a beating on the field, whether players are involved or not. And another guard tries to stop him! Who has final authority on the field anyway?

DFW

(54,426 posts)

3. So did I

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:59 AM

Sep 2014

Obviously one referee doesn't have a lot of authority against four burly guys with billy clubs. Add other referees, both teams of players and a large number of enraged fans, and the "security" guys start to look a little less confident that they were going about their jobs properly.

malthaussen

(17,215 posts)

4. He didn't red-card them, though.

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 10:07 AM

Sep 2014

They definitely should be suspended for the next game.

-- Mal

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,674 posts)

6. Thank you for this, my dear DFW...

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 12:02 PM

Sep 2014

It is heartening to see that thugs don't always get their way.

K&R

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

7. I remember seeing this video a year or so ago.

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:25 PM

Sep 2014

I think it had gone viral.

DFW

(54,426 posts)

8. It deserved to!

Reply to RebelOne (Reply #7)

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 05:41 PM

Sep 2014

At least one time, in one place, a crowd saw someone getting ganged up on by a bunch of uniformed thugs, and spontaneously jumped out to not only save the victim, but let the thugs know in no uncertain terms what the public thought of their behavior. In the States they keep their distance and take pictures with their cell phones because any other action would probably result in a slaughter.

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