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On 11 April 2008, after the match of Orange Ekstraklasa between Widzew Łódź and ŁKS Łódź, the ŁKS player A.M. run onto the pitch to celebrate the victory dressed in a T-shirt with the inscription "Śmierć żydzewskiej kurwie"(‘Death to the Żydzew’s whore’; ‘żydzewska’ is an adjective derived from combination of two words ‘Żyd’, i.e. a Jew, and Widzew). Afterwards, the player explained that it had been one of the supporters who had persuaded him to put on the shirt and himself he had not noticed the inscription on the T-shirt in the commotion. During the match itself, in a sector occupied by the Widzew fans, a banner with the inscription ŁKS, Star of David and the menorah was displayed. During the same match, the supporters wearing ŁKS scarves, hung out the flag Pierdoleni inwalidzi Żydzi [‘Fucking Jew retards’], many of them had T-shirts with the inscription Death to the Żydzew’s whore (such T-shirts could be purchased online.) A fine in the amount of PLN 15,000 and a ban on playing in five matches of the league were imposed on A.M. The penalty was decreed despite A.M.’s submission of a declaration before the Ekstraklasa S.A. Board in which he cut himself off the slogan inscribed on the T-shirt and all conducts inciting to aggression and hatred. The player was also punished by his home club ŁKS Łódź with a fine of PLN 30,000 and also a ban from playing for six months (finally, the penalty of disqualification was suspended for a year). The ŁKS stadium was closed till the end of the season. Also, the District Prosecutor’s Office Łódź-Polesie had been conducting investigation in the case of A.M.’s conduct which was discontinued on 31 December 2008. It was decided that the player had put on the anti-Semitic T-shirt unwittingly and unintentionally.



 

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