Lithuanian Fan Arrested at Basketball Game Against Nigeria for Racist Monkey Chanting
A small group of Lithuanian basketball fans at the Olympic have been engaging in reprehensible behavior, and undercover members of Scotland Yard arrested a man for “monkey chants” during the game against Nigeria. According to the London Evening Standard, Scotland Yard launched the investigation into the crowd after repeated complaints by other patrons. The behaviors were first noted in Sunday’s game between Lithuania and Argentina. Witnesses also claim that another member of the group had made a “Nazi salute” to a group of team stewards who approached them about the behavior.
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August 2nd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
If only that Lithuanian made a chicken sandwich…
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are putting together a joint Baltic State bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
It would undoubtedly be the most depressing Olympics ever.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Assuming Qatar doesn’t buy one.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Moleman, you hear UEFA is kicking around the idea of spreading 2020 European Championship amongst 6-7 different countries? These people have no boundary to their stupidity.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
God I hope the USA gets the Olympics in ’24. It’s been too long.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
well since we evolved from monkeys, i am not entirely sure how upset to get about this. Also, the fuck is a monkey chant? I’m going to need someone to ‘splain that to me.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Wow that’s dumb. Give it to Ireland and you can play all the games in the one (really only) stadium.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Agreed. Which cities are in discussion about bidding for it?
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
If Chicago had gotten the Games I’d have gone down just for the Team Handball…at least they’ll still be in a more agreeable time zone
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I hope it’s not Chicago.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:37 AM
I read that Squaw/Tahoe got nixed for the 2022 Winter Games.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
2024 is most likely going to be a showdown between New York, Berlin, and Paris.
Paris is going to win though. Hundredth anniversary of the 1924 Paris games. Well it depends on 2020. The candidates are Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid. If Madrid wins, Europe won’t get 2024. But if Tokyo gets it, and Japan is certainly due for a Summer games, 2024 is definitely staying in Europe.
Baku (Azerbaijan) and Doha Qatar were the other two bidders for 2020 that didn’t get picked, shockingly.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
I think you’re about to see a trend where emerging countries along with Eastern Europeans getting majority of these international events. Much easier for those countries government to bribe IOC or FIFA officials. Western countries are moving away from the notion that hosting these events are a matter of national pride. Places like London will host from time to time, but most Olympics will be hosted by places like Istanbul, Shanghai, Mumbai, Delhi, Johannesburg, Moscow, Sao Paulo etc.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
No chance the USA gets it. IOC is still too pisses about the Salt Lake scandal exposing them, and there’s some latent anti-Americanism anyway. Plus, a new city in a new country means expanding the brand. Because it is about amateur athletics after all.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
So they’re gonna host the opening ceremonies, track and closing ceremonies event at Metlife Stadium which isn’t even in NYC? I saw on the wiki page that Philly, Dallas, LA, Chicago, San Fran are also interested.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
I love reading through this list occasionally.
Do you think the IOC even opens the bid from Azerbijian, or just tosses it in the trash with the other junk mail?
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
The USOC decided not to bid on 2022, focusing on 2026 instead. South Korea has 2018, so Europe is a good bet for 2022. Finland or Norway are my bets.
We considered Denver though. Blah.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Tulsa? Wow.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:42 AM
one thing i’ve enjoyed about these olympics is the way racism in “progressive, enlightened” Europe has been exposed.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:43 AM
I could totally see them get it at one point. If the biggest sporting event on planet (World Cup) can be awarded to Qatar, then Baku can totally get the Olympics.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
2018 Winter games in South Korea. I don’t see them doing back-to-back Olympics in Asia.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
NYC would be a horrible location. Chicago much more room.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Agreed. Which cities are in discussion about bidding for it?
Denver is the smartest city when it comes to this. They said no.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I think they may wait and see how much of a disaster the World Cup is first.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Almaty is a good outside bet for the Winter games, too. Kazakhstan is a hot choice for Asian winter sports.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Tulsa? Wow.
There are worse parts of Oklahoma, but yeah that would be a turrible choice.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Do you think the IOC even opens the bid from Azerbijian, or just tosses it in the trash with the other junk mail?
It’s a thin envelope. Likely to have a secret code to a bank account in the Caymans or Zurich. They DEFINITELY open that. Cmon now.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
that’s fucking hilarious. I remember hearing about their “campaign” a couple years ago, but I thought it was a joke.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Monkeys are racist? They really are less evolved, I guess.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
NYC would be an epic disaster. I moved to NJ when they were going through the bidding for these Olympics, and the planning and proposals were laughable. And that was before the recession hit.
Some of the interesting concepts I’ve seen thrown out there is a NY/Bos and even a NY/Montreal (winter) split Olympics. I guess NY/Phila makes too much sense.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Hey, if Atlanta can host the Olympics, don’t count out Tulsa. Don’t listen to the haters, Oklahoma. You do you.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Read all the way through…
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
that’s fucking hilarious. I remember hearing about their “campaign” a couple years ago, but I thought it was a joke.
They would make it a Native American theme. Perhaps the big torch can be lit by a tribal elder who swigs some fire water and then spits it into the flame.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Here are all the sites bidding for the US bid:
DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge
Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Eh I don’t think the back to back is as big of a concern when winter is involved, it’s too limited by geography.
Barcelona/Albertville the same year, Lilehammer two years later.
Nagano/Sydney, essentially the same place in terms of the rest of the world.
Greece/Torino.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Hey, if Atlanta can host the Olympics, don’t count out Tulsa. Don’t listen to the haters, Oklahoma. You do you.
You’ve not spent much time in Oklahoma, have you?
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Honestly the US has hosted enough of these things. Unlike the British we don’t need the surge of pride (I base this on David Cameron feeling the need to weigh in on Romney’s comments). It’s more of an up and coming or down and going sort of deal to host.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Honestly the US has hosted enough of these things. Unlike the British we don’t need the surge of pride (I base this on David Cameron feeling the need to weigh in on Romney’s comments). It’s more of an up and coming or down and going sort of deal to host.
This is an interesting way to look at it. I don’t really agree, but it never occurred to me that the need to host it was based upon any sort of ‘need’ to boost national pride. To me, it has much more to do with the supposed economic benefits associated with a huge influx of people into the host city.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
You’ve not spent much time in Oklahoma, have you?
Red dirt hell.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
The man made a completely valid point. It’s very easy to host the game in middle of nowhere rather than one of the biggest cities in the world.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
then he may be a smarter man than me.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
It makes the most sense, you can host events from Philly all the way up to New York. That way, you can do golf at either Merior or Bethpage, soccer at Redbull and PPL, track at either the Linc or Metlife, rowing in Philly, gymnastics at Prudential or Wells Fargo, cycling would def. be Philly (US championship held there), marathon in NY. Make it happen!
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I kind of agree with your first sentence, but the US is really the only country that can handle the Olympics without breaking much of a sweat. That’s why we’re always in the running.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I don’t see how we can make fun of Tulsa when there’s a Baton Rouge bid out there.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Haven’t spent any time in Oklahoma. But it’s not like it’s Mississippi, right?
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:53 AM
I’m not hating on the fact it’s in Oklahoma, I’m just wondering about the infrastructure present.
Just seems like you’d want to choose a location with a good bit of the necessary stadiums and whatnot already complete. Tulsa isn’t the first thing that come to mind as a place that’s ready to handle all of that.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I kind of agree with your first sentence, but the US is really the only country that can handle the Olympics without breaking much of a sweat. That’s why we’re always in the running.
That and the fact that we have a very diverse geography and climate relative to other countries.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Hasn’t it clearly been proven that hosting the olympics is usually a horribe idea economically?
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
A Louisianan Olympics?
Torch lighter = Terry Bradshaw.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Yeah, but they want to get away from that. That’s why you’re going to see Sochi, Rio, and it’s my belief that the Middle East is going to happen very soon.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
I know. I just said it tongue in cheek. Agree that it should go to a big city with infrastructure in place.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Haven’t spent any time in Oklahoma. But it’s not like it’s Mississippi, right?
Eh, maybe not like Mississippi. Mississippi at least has magnolia trees. Oklahoma, as KC said, is red dirt hell. Just desolate, endless, soul destroying prairie.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:55 AM
The long term cost of infrastructre is slowly being realized. So while there are some places wanting to host the games, smarter areas are realizing the long-term costs that aren’t paid down by the USOC dont merit hosting.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM
For every country but the US. We pretty much have the existing infrastructure, so the business influx is all gravy.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM
Yeah. If you don’t have the infrastructure in place, it’s pretty for your economy. Ask Greece* how that turned out.
*when they get back from vacation
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM
I hope Istanbul get 2020 Olympics. From what I’ve seen on travel shows, seems like a great city for tourists.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
You say racism, I say national pride.
/tomato/tom-ah-to
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Cameron may be correct – and it is always easie to host a Winter Olympics – but he and about twenty other British politicians, plus all the tabloids, made a much bigger deal about the comments than the comments were really worth. All my Brit friends can’t stop talking about the Games on Facebook. I think it’s been a big boost for them to show off a country that someone people say has had its heyday passed by (not I).
Then throw in Brazil hosting the next games, Beijing the games before – there’s a definite element of national pride in the games as currently constituted, I’d submit.
August 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 AM
The only thing most cities in the US don’t have are dedicated indoor swimming arenas. Other than that, every major city has a football stadium, baseball stadium, at least 1-2 indoor arenas, golf courses, country clubs and other sites. Also mass transportation and hotels.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Atlanta games turned off the IOC because they were so commercial, but they made money. Sydney I think turned out okay. Beijing? Who knows, it wasn’t that kind of investment to them.
Athens remains a dump. That’s what worries me about Istanbul – looks good on TV, but they don’t show all the dogs shitting everywhere.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Not sure why Germany is consistently overlooked by the IOC. Last hosted in 1972. And I don’t think we’re hosting one next 12 years or so. Berlin would be a perfect choice.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Got a link? I’m pretty sure the economists were saying that if Chicago had got 2016, they would lose over a shit ton* of money.
*official measurement
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Got a link? I’m pretty sure the economists were saying that if Chicago had got 2016, they would lose a shit ton* of money.
*official measurement
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:02 AM
so the business influx is all gravy
I wonder what the defense/anti-terror bill for a USA Olympics would be.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:03 AM
So pulling the handle on a giant slot machine lights the torch?
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Everywhere there’s music, real live music, bands with a million styles
But It’s still that some old rock and roll music
That really REALLY drives ‘em wild
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:05 AM
So pulling the handle on a giant slot machine lights the torch?
/drinks shampoo and hydrogen peroxide
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:06 AM
What would an American Opening Ceremony look like? They’ve gotten so big since the last time USA hosted. I don’t think next US city can get away with parading pickup trucks throughout the stadium like Atlanta. Who would perform? Lady Gaga? There has to be multiple F-22 Raptors flyovers, right?
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:09 AM
Some cities have more infrastructure in place than others to hold the games. You need to think about not only sites for the games, but hotels, mass transportation and roads, logistical, etc.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Hasn’t it clearly been proven that hosting the olympics is usually a horribe idea economically?
I think more and more analysis shows that the economic benefits are not as great as cities initially believe they will be. But there’s no doubt that that sense, whether true or not, is a major driver of a city’s reason to bid for the games in the first place.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:12 AM
I’m going to say this in the least racist way possible, but there is a reason they gave Native Americans mobilehoma and not Mississippi.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:12 AM
I’m going to say this in the least racist way possible, but there is a reason they gave Native Americans mobilehoma and not Mississippi.
Well done. And so very true.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Top people are working on breaking out the hover boards for that very occasion.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:15 AM
The US is in the position where they generally don’t need to build, thereby limiting expenses and maximizing profits. Doesn’t mean the USOC still won’t go in and waste millions of dollars on shiny new venues.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:17 AM
Not sure if it’s already been mentioned, but I think it’s safe to say the price of Security for these huge events has probably gone up manyfold since 9/11.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:19 AM
Lots of SEALs and Delta would be back in the States if it was held here. And yes, the cost has to be out of control.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Berlin would be a great location for the games.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:45 AM
“Racist Monkey Chat” would be a great name for a right-wing thrash metal band.
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:52 AM
Are you sure those aren’t the lyrics to a Chuck Berry song?