Ha ha... and as expected:
CTV.ca | Chilean player admits teammate punched officer Quote:
A Chilean soccer player who was part of an angry post-match confrontation between his squad and Toronto police has admitted that a teammate punched a female officer.
"I don't know who hit her, but yes, someone did hit a female officer," Isaias Peralta, who was tasered by police during the melee, told Chile's El Mercurio newspaper.
The revelation comes as Toronto police plan to release a report as early as today following a thorough investigation into the incident.
The clash, which sparked an international political backlash, came after Chile lost to Argentina in a heated semi-final match at the FIFA U-20 World Cup earlier this month.
Chilean players claim they were clubbed by police as they headed to their bus after a security guard prevented one member of the team from talking to some fans.
Police then handcuffed team members, many of them bloodied and screaming, and escorted them back into the dressing room where they were detained for several hours.
According to the Chilean delegation, nine players were detained but all were let go without charges.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair backed his officers saying they responded in a "firm but fair" way to "aggressive behaviour" by the players.
But Peralta said his teammate only punched the female officer after they were hit without good reason.
Police spokesperson Mark Pugash confirmed to the Toronto Star that a female officer was hit in the face.
"Police were on the receiving end of some considerably aggressive behaviour," Pugash said. "And their job in those circumstances is to stop that behaviour."
Peralta's remarks are the first in which a player from the team has admitted any responsibility in the incident.
At the time, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told local reporters she was dismayed with the use of "unjustified aggression" by police.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who had just visited Chile a few days prior to the fight, said only that "international soccer matches are hotly contested and often become very emotional."
He added that "There are processes in Canada by which the authorities review these kinds of things and I don't intend to comment any further."
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So they admitted to hitting a female police officer in the face? And we're the bad guys?
Our police forces don't have much of a record in beating up forign sports competitors in our country, so why would we logically start a scene and begin to beat teenagers up without regard?
Hell, even the day of it happening, the players were saying our police were laughing and enjoying themselves as they beat and sprayed them..... WTF are we? Canadian.... not the Nazi SS.
And I like how one of them confessed the day before our official report is to be released..... I am egar in seeing it myself.
IMO, this was just a bunch of teenage punks like in our country or any other country, who thought they had some big credibility and could act the way they did..... either that or they watched too much Leathal Weapon and thinking they had Diplomatic Immunity or something stupid.