Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, has contacted the 17-year-old minor who was beaten with batons by a group of police officers last Sunday after being removed from a line formed to enter and watch the match between Elche and Barcelona at the Martínez Valero stadium.
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The blaugrana club, through its top executive, has also spoken, according to this newspaper, with the father to offer support to the family in case they want to take legal action. Both the father and the son are members of the club.
Barça “reserves the right to take appropriate actions to defend the integrity” of its members
FC Barcelona already expressed itself strongly regarding the events through a long statement issued yesterday which, among other considerations, made it clear that it condemned “the police charges carried out against Barça members and fans” around the Elche stadium and added that “the club is at the disposal of the family of the fan who was detained after receiving several attacks that we consider disproportionate and unjustified.”
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Beyond the attacks, FC Barcelona, in the same note, criticized the confiscation of estelada flags from its supporters so that they could not be brought into the stands: “We regret that once again, police officers arbitrarily seized Catalan estelada flags, a democratic and legal symbol that in no case can be considered inciting hatred or violence.”
Political parties such as ERC or Junts demanded explanations from the Interior Ministry regarding the events, while the Police have launched an investigation to learn the details of their intervention and whether it was carried out according to the law. In Barcelona, they assure that “they will be attentive to the corresponding explanations from the Police and reserve the right to take those actions deemed appropriate to defend the integrity and the free democratic right of expression of our members and fans both at Spotify Camp Nou and in the stadiums of our opponents.”
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