The policeman who shot a cameraman During the violent repression on Thursday at the door of the Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata court, he declared that he did it because stones were thrown at him and “to avoid more disturbances.” This was pointed out by the main Nahuel Falcon being investigated by the Justice, which must establish why the brutal repression in which La Bonaerense used tear gas without control and fired 400 rubber bullets at the fans. Falcón also defended himself with the argument that he did not see “where he was shooting.” Instead, the former commissioner in charge of the operation, Manuel Gorbarán, refused to testify.
The T&C Sports cameraman, Ferdinand Rivera, was hit three times by a rubber bullet while covering the repression. At the time, he said that “the police saw me and shot me.” Falcón was charged with “qualified injuries“, while Gorbaran is accused of “wilful havoc followed by death”because as a consequence of the violence, a spectator died of a heart attack.
Is about César Regueiro, 57, who had brought his grandchildren to the court. In his tribute and as a claim for justice, the players took to the field this Sunday wearing a black shirt with the inscription: “They were not incidents, it was repression.”
“The entire chain of command is under investigation to determine responsibilities”, they say in the governorate about the case. Although elements are still lacking to corroborate it, the collaborators of Axel Kicillof suspect that an intern among police chiefs stuck his tail in the security operation. It happens that in the week the heads of the Departmental La Plata had been replaced because the levels of insecurity in the provincial capital were much higher than the rest of the province; the hypothesis is that there was an adjustment between the displaced and those promoted in the departmental: In disagreement with the changes, the troops would have gone to cause the disturbances -or to let them happen-, as a way to beat up the new bosses.
In the low frames too there is sea in the background. Cash of the Buenos Aires began to circulate a form for refusing to comply with the security service on soccer fieldsfrom Wednesday the 19th. They argue that “the ordinary policeman has a bad time” and that security in the stadiums “was always a business for the bosses.” In the event that there are massive renunciations of security coverage, the holding of football matches could be jeopardized.
Berni’s future
The continuity of the Buenos Aires Security Minister, Sergio Berni, continues to be questioned. Not only by the opposition, but by figures of the front of all who point out that Berni conveys the style of violence that was seen in the Gymnastics and Fencing match against Boca.
This Sunday senator joined those voices Maria Theresa Garciapresident of the Frente de Todos bloc. “It is not enough to remove the head of the operation,” warned the senator, adding that “responsibility also reaches the Minister of Security, even though we have subordinates on some issues.” In this way, García made it clear that he considers it insufficient that the governor has removed the police chief and the policemen who intervened from the force.
However, although the criticisms come from the space itself, Kicillof will wait for the investigation to progress to make the eventual decision to remove Berni.
In other words, it is still unclear what led to the brutal crackdown on fans, which broke out at the stadium gate in the opening minutes of the game. There may have been a ticket overbooking and therefore a mass of people trying to enter the field. The number of troops assigned to the match was, on the other hand, much lower than usual.