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Almost 200 Football Fans Caught on Tape chasing police after UEFA Cup Final
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by Rob Walker | May 15, 2008 at 08:33 am
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The entire incident was caught on CCTV footage, which we will be adding shortly as it has been released by Manchester Police.
Police in Manchester have released CCTV images showing up to 200 football fans chasing officers and attacking one of them after the Uefa Cup final.The footage also shows Glasgow Rangers fans tripping up a Greater Manchester police officer and jumping on him after the match with Zenit St Petersburg.
Assistant Chief Constable Justine Curran described the fans as being "like a pack of baying wolves".
The Scottish Conservatives said using riot police was an "overreaction".
They have demanded an inquiry into the policing operation.
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at 10:12 on May 15th, 2008
Rob Walker, this is good stuff. I like how fanatic Europe can get about its football, worse than our Hockey.
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bluemintat 00:58 on May 16th, 2008
I didn't see much of the rumbunctious behaviour but the scene was left more like a landfill site than a public space.
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