On May 28, 2022, incidents near the Stade de France led to the postponement of the kick-off of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool.
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An independent British report, published Monday, October 17, widely criticized the treatment of supporters by the French police, on May 28, during the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool (1-0), at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis).
“The continuous and random police charges on supporters and the use of unwarranted tear gas on men, women and children trapped in very cramped spaces, was reckless and dangerous behavior. This constitutes a criminal assault”explains the report, authored by Phil Scraton, Professor of Law at Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The one who had already led an investigation after the Hillsborough disaster, which claimed the lives of 97 Liverpool supporters in 1989, also laments “inability continues to manage the crowd” who “seriously endangered the health and well-being of supporters”. Also according to the report, only the experience of some supporters of the Reds in Hillsborough, made it possible to avoid the disaster in Saint-Denis, where the incidents had led to the postponement of more than half an hour of the kick-off. send the meeting.
“It is clear from the testimonies that fans were put at risk by aggressive police tactics, ineffective security measures and the failure to put in place a comprehensive stadium security management plan based on on principles of risk assessment”, adds the report, which points like the Senate in July, to many organizational dysfunctions.