The Pretend Excessive Force of the Greek Police
May 21, 2007 by Albert Bianchi
Filed under Sports, Sports Rumors
What is the best way to control a crowd of soccer hooligans? Is it free beer outside the city, or just plain empty soccer stadiums? Nope, according to the Greek Police, the most effective way to stop soccer riots is paintball.
Greek police on Monday said they would fire paintball pellets containing different colours to identify any rioting fans during Wednesday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan.
Authorities have drawn up extensive security plans for the biggest soccer match of the season to avoid any clashes between English and Italian fans.
“The paintball guns will be one of the weapons the riot police will use in case of fan clashes,” police spokesman Panagiotis Stathis told Reuters.
Hey, maybe America will care now!
(We won’t.)
Thus was born a new twist on an old classic: I went to play paintball and a soccer match broke out.
Eh, maybe not…