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Originally Posted by Derek S
Oh really?
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...4/ai_n13944314
Now consider there were between 150 and 200,000 Scottish fans in Manchester. There were 46 arrests out of that total, most of the fans were unware of the trouble until the following day.
And when you think over double the number of fans were arrested remember that the laws on arrest are completely different in Scotland than England. Out the 46 arrests only 11 have been charged (so far). Out the 100 they would all have been charged. |
To be fair the police were hardly in a postion to make many arrests at the height of the trouble were they! From what can be seen on the CCTV they were totally outnumbered by rampaging yobs any number of whom could probably been arrested at that time had they not been part of a large and aggressive crowd.
BTW as I thought I made clear in my earlier post, I'm not suggesting that all the Rangers fans were responsible, we all know it's always a minority who spoil it for the rest of us. The truth is that is it was drunken yobs who were to blame and I stand by my remark that we certainly wouldn't have heard the end of it had it been English fans doing likewise in Glasgow.