THE Madrid Provincial Prosecutor’s Office filed a complaint for racist insults uttered by a spectator against Nicholas Williamsfootballer Athleticduring the football match played on April 27, 2024 at Civitas Metropolitan Stadium between the Atletico Madrid and the Basque team.
The complaint states that in the 36th minute of the match, when the Athletic player was about to take a throw-in, “with clear disdain for the black colour of his skin”, he heard insults from a man staged with gestures of contempt. of a racist nature.
The shouts, emitted repeatedly, consisted of the sounds “uh, uh, uh, uh”, an onomatopoeia that imitates the sound emitted by monkeys, “which, as is public and notorious, has been emitted on several occasions by groups of fans from different countries to publicly offend athletes because of the colour of their skin.
The prosecution believes that the shouting against the footballer, who decided this summer to continue with his club despite several offers, could constitute an offence of attack on dignity.
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