Suit for Los Angeles Dodgers to deal with

The family of Brian Stow, the man who was viciously pummeled by Dodgers followers after a game, is suing the Dodgers organization. Stow went to the opening day game between the Giants and the Dodgers, and was viciously beaten by Dodgers fans and almost died of his injuries. He is still in the hospital. Only a single arrest was made.

Case for Brian Stow causes criminal arrest to happen

The Los Angeles Police Department made a criminal arrest in the Brian Stow beating case recently, according to the Los Angeles Times. The LAPD arrested 31 year old Giovanni Ramirez as one of the two people who supposedly beat Brian Stow, who was attacked on March 31 and remains in critical condition. Stow was wearing a Giants shirt. Two men were angry over it and were seen taunting him until one hit him. He fell to the ground and was kicked over and over by the men, even when he was no longer conscious. Ramirez has three prior felony convictions and is a known gang member. He is being charged, because he killed a victim to near death, with assault with a deadly weapon.

How the Dodgers were involved

The Stow family is filing a lawsuit against the Dodgers organization for failing to provide adequate security, according to ESPN. The Dodgers stadium was not safe as it should have been made, according to the Stow family attorney. The Dodgers took care of security right after the incident. They hired more security personnel including previous LAPD officials. Some suggest that “problem fans” are gang members in the Dodgers stadium since there have been other troubles with Dodgers followers being drunk and unruly. Ramirez’s parole officer said he looked a lot like the sketch of one of the two men which identified him to the law enforcement. Nobody knows who the other man is. CNN reports that Stow has movement in his arms and legs and has been able to open his eyes.

Sports enthusiasts were violent in the past too

There is a long history of violence among sports followers. For instance, the Nika riots of 532 A.D., according to Wikipedia, was a weeklong period of rioting that broke out in Constantinople, where two rival factions of chariot racing supporters created such chaos in the capital that half the city was burned to the ground and more than 10,000 were killed before the army slaughtered the rioters. Violence has been a problem in Europe among soccer fans for some time. Fox News reports that in Greece, there was a huge riot at the end of April. This was when the Greek professional soccer championship was finished. The Daily Mail states that on May 3, Polish soccer supporters also rioted when the Polish Cup Final match was over all with fire in the stadium and players getting assaulted until law enforcement stopped it.

Information from

Los Angeles Times

latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dodgers-20110523,0,2773021.story

ESPN

sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6584013&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

CNN

articles.cnn.com/2011-05-19/justice/california.fan.beaten_1_billboard-campaign-brutal-attack-parking-lot?_s=PM:CRIME

Nika Riots

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots

Fox News

foxnews.com/sports/2011/05/02/aek-fan-club-torched-2-days-cup-final-riots/

Daily Mail

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1383480/Concerns-hooliganism-Poland-football-cup-final-ends-mass-riot.html