Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square | Italy
Italy could be a country that loves football, but did not prevent the police from pursuit of a group of possible targets: 14 children who foul the game in a public square, led to the fines offered to their parents with a movement that caused young people to play outdoors.
Children between the ages of 12 and 13 were playing football at the Pino Signoretto Square in Murano, an island that was about 4,500 calm in the Venice lagoon at the beginning of this month, and a residence that was uncomfortable with the noise they made reported them to the police.
The police officers then went to the square and identified each child before their parents were called and they were ordered to pay a fine of 50 € on behalf of them. According to an official statement issued to the parents and published in the Italian press, children play football in a banned area and are alleged to be kurma a discomfort in public peace and a danger for transit people ”.
Antonio Tampus, the father of one of the children, La Stampa: “My son called me in tears. The police would not listen to mind. They could call us parents and they could ask us to take our children home. Instead, they immediately took their names and addresses.”
If not paid within 60 days, the fine may rise up to € 500. “But we won’t pay, Tam Tampus said that the group plans to appeal with the Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro and to take the subject.
The penalties were implemented in 2019 based on regulations that banned ball games in certain areas of Venice. San Bernardo is the only square that is allowed to play in Murano. However, parents argue that Pino Signoretto Square has never been included in the list of prohibited areas because it has recently been created after the neighborhood has been redeveloped.
“San Bernardo is not suitable, Tad Trampus said. “However, the other square. Removing children means returning to the state before.”
The case led to a debate in Venice, local councilor Marco Gasparinetti, the police intervention is disproportionate and is struggling with a priority in a city, extreme pickpockers and a decreasing local population.
Talking about the call of the police station to the police station, Gasparinetti wrote on Facebook: “Are they fraudsters? Echoed? Drug dealers? No, they were parents. [14] Children. “
Gasparinetti added that it should be enough to remove the ball and tell the children to stop playing. “Wouldn’t this be more educational? The sense of common sense and priority was missing.”
Corriere Del Venetoto It has reported that children may have been punished for their age, because the areas where ball games are allowed are special for children under 11 years of age.
Paolo Poggi, a retired professional footballer in Venice, also contributed to the discussion. “Long live kids who spend time outside,” he said. La Nuova Venezia newspaper. “The rules are sacrosangt, but common sense is necessary. Children’s play experience must be preserved.”
