“If the Duce was there they wouldn’t let you play.” Two ultras from Forlì aged fifty and forty-one, long-time fans of Forlì Calcio which plays in Serie D, were stung with a five year daspo by the Police Commissioner of Forlì Cesena Claudio Mastromattei for the insistent racist chants directed at two footballers last year April 14 during the match played at the Morgagni stadium against Victor San Marino.
Insults to the players
The color of the skin of the two players most often offended with was targeted by the insults clearly and explicitly racist epithets and what nails them are some audio files in possession of the Police and Digos. The sentences had already been heard, as emerged from police investigations by the players themselves and in the stands by other fans. The police report is clear and the Daspo’s motivations are articulated. «These are acts of propaganda of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred and in any case acts of discrimination for racial or ethnic reasons, such as to integrate the crime charged to both under the art. 604 bis of the penal code”.
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For one of the two Romagna ultras, the conduct is a repeat offense. Just under 20 years ago, in 2005, the Forlì police commissioner at the time had issued another warning from the stadiums against him. For similar reasons. During the Serie C2 championship match, again at the Morgagni stadium between Forlì and Spal, the man had imitated the sound of the monkey every time two opposing players came into possession of the ball. On that occasion the complaint and the resulting shock were immediate. In recent weeks, however, the Scientific Police and Digos have examined the images and audio files acquired, and acquired testimonies that have made the conduct of the two unequivocal.
The provision
Once fully identified, staff from the Anti-Crime Division prepared the Daspo measures for the duration 5 years old for both and, for the repeat offender, the requirement of the obligation to present and sign at the Police Headquarters was also requested and validated by the Judicial Authority, on the occasion of football matches, including international ones, including friendly matches. «I want to highlight – said the police commissioner of Forlì Claudio Mastromattei – the sense of responsibility and the spirit of great collaboration demonstrated by the people of Forlì who not only immediately expressed their dissent during the football match but then collaborated with the State Police to reconstruct the facts and identify those responsible”
