Lawyer Renan Gandolfi cites an important section of the Fan Defense Statute (EDT) that guarantees requirements and obligations to promote the show, including security.
“When dealing with the facts from the perspective of Criminal Law, involving Sport fans and Fortaleza athletes, it is necessary to follow some basic premises, such as: what the Fan Statute deals with regarding violence in stadiums and what are the criminal responsibilities, both for fans and for the football club. Therefore, the Statute equates fans with consumers and the club with suppliers, guaranteeing requirements and obligations to promote the spectacle, including security. However, this focus takes place in the civil sphere, with due objective civil liability for damages. However, in this case, fans (when identified) may be reported and prosecuted in accordance with article 41b of the EDT, which provides for punishment for those who promote riots, practice or incite violence inside or outside the area of the sporting event, respecting the radius of 5 thousand meters. It is important to highlight that in criminal law there is a principle of individualization of the sentence, in which each offender responds according to the proportion of their acts”, assesses Renan Gandolfi, lawyer and master in criminal law.
Clubs, athletes and managers speak out
“The absurd acts of violence do not match the real conduct and behavior of the red and black fans, nor with the values of the Club – which will always abhor this type of stance”, wrote Sport, Fortaleza’s opponent in the match.
By posting a video showing full-back Gonzalo Escobar hospitalized, with bandages on his face and head, the president of Fortaleza, Marcelo Paz, accused the authorities: “One of the stones caught his head. How will that look? It will just be another one.” isolated case’? There’s shrapnel in his body. What are the authorities going to do? What is football going to do?”
Fortaleza attacking midfielder Yago Pikachu posted a photo of a stone and the backrests of buses with blood: “Cowardice.”