Ultras, tapes to prevent 'ordinary' fans from part of the curve? It's private violence

The ultras who, at the stadium, tape off certain parts of the curve to prevent the ordinary supporters from entering. The Cassazione, uses zero tolerance towards the organised fringes of the fans who claim the right to reserve part of the curva for the 'hottest' supporters. The Supreme Court thus rejected to sender the defendant's thesis according to which, the attitude censured by the judges, within the framework of organised supporters' clubs, would be the expression of a right-duty, worthy even of the constitutional cover that protects the freedom to gather in a public place or to associate.

The Court of Cassation was therefore obliged to remind the defendant, an ardent supporter of Juventus, that the exercise of a right 'can never transmogrify into the parallel injury of others' interests'. Which specifically there had been. The 'normal' fans, although with a regular ticket, had been 'invited', with intimidating tones and stadium language, to sit in seats other than those reserved for the most fanatical supporters of the Bianconeri. Areas made off-limit thanks to tapes and rough manners. In the defendant's opinion, these were all actions carried out in the fulfilment of a duty and therefore, in any case, exempted by Article 51 of the Penal Code, which excludes conviction for anyone who fulfils an obligation imposed by a rule or a public authority.

For the Supreme Court, however, the organisation of the 'choreography' with banners or anything else, assuming it is the duty of organised supporters, 'cannot legitimise the prevarication of the will of others'. Now the ultras know this.