The individuals, aged between 19 and 42, were seen in a group performing a so-called Roman salute in a Serie A match against Atalanta. Sixteen Roma fans have been issued with stadiums bans for making Nazi salutes and wearing clothing glorifying extremism during a recent league match against Atalanta. The Italian state police said on Wednesday the group were identified in the Curva Sud section, where Roma’s ultras congregate, in the Stadio Olimpico during the Serie A match on September 5. It outlined how the individuals, aged between 19 and 42, were seen in a group performing a so-called Roman salute, while some of the individuals were wearing tops emblazoned with ‘uber alles’ — a German phrase that means “above all else” — which the police describe as “a well-known Nazi reference”. The individual bans range between one and five years, and will be applied across all Italian stadiums. The sanctions will also be applicable for all matches of Roma and the Italian national team outside of Italy. For four of the 16 banned individuals, they will be required to report to local police stations before, during and after matches to verify they are not at the stadium. The duration of the sanctions was linked to the fans’ previous records, with several of those sanctioned having previously been identified “in possession of weapons and offensive objects, threats, damage, brawling, and smuggling”, the police said.
via nytimes: Sixteen Roma fans banned from stadiums after Nazi salutes and clothing
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