Chile vs T.O.P.D.

After booting up my dad’s notebook computer I saw on Yahoo again that the Chile U-20 team is in the news still. It is interesting how the story is being transmitted.

Toronto police to blame

Myself, I watched the match on TV and thought the Argentinians fell down an awful lot. I guess though the ref was consistent in calling a foul for almost every physical challenge and Chile were unlucky they weren’t more given to Argentina. reading the ref must be part of the game.

With that aside what is going on now is insane. quotes like

Chilean officials pointed the finger squarely at Toronto police Friday after a bloody post-match brawl

First of all I am Canadian and the behavior of the police is almost always what I expect. In Canada if you break a law it is enforced. Like if you are drinking in Public the police will arrest you. If you don’t listen to the police they will arrest you. Laws are very strict and enforcement is to protect the citizens of Canada. I can’t see how the Toronto police would start a fight with the Chilean team.

the police of Toronto did not act as our police is used to acting with people that are just playing a football game,” said Harold Mayne-Nicholls.

Again the Police were not breaking up a football game. The team was walking to their bus after the game and started to head towards a group of angry fans. hundreds of angry fans. the team should have done what the police requested and just got on their bus and left. they are all foreigners in Canada and have to obey peace officers or be arrested or deported. Having the Chilean squad fight hundreds of “angry fans” would have been a much worse black spot.

Chile’s president denounced police reaction during the melee as “unjustified use of force”

I disagree 100% with the president. Perhaps he would have been talking out of the other side of his face if his country’s team were allowed to confront the “hundreds” or fans and a riot ensued.

If you haven’t heard of the story this seems to be the major complaint.

The melee, prompted officers to use a Taser and pepper spray, as players on the bus began throwing things at police through the windows and tried to grab officers from inside the damaged bus,

I really felt the 2 red cards and all the free kicks made the match a joke but once off the pitch players have to follow the rules set by the society they are in. The police don’t give yellow cards.

Anyway I’m going to forget about the incident for a while and go browse the discussions at active.com

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K.L. LANDRY
Professor, Dankook University
Human Resources Development Institute

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