Swiss Man Jailed for Making Racist Comments at Rio Airport

This story is from my fave Brasilian news site:

Brazilian authorities arrested a Swiss citizen in Rio's international airport Antônio Carlos Jobim, charging the man with racism. According to the airport's federal police, Davide Bianchi, 38, was detained on Sunday, October 21, after he got irritated with an airline company's employee and called her nigger and monkey, in Italian.

At the police station the Swiss national tried to explain his behavior saying that he was mad due to the flight's delay and that all his requests for an explanation had been ignored by the airline's worker.

The federal police called his behavior a racist crime. Other passengers in the area confirmed that they had heard the insulting remarks made by Bianchi.

During his testimony at the police station the man alleged that he was the one who should sue for racism since he felt discriminated when his complaints about the delay weren't answered. He also said that he became even angrier because the employee seemed to be polite with a friend of his, but simply ignored him.

Authorities say that witnesses "showed profound indignation with what happened." These witnesses, say the Police, testified that the Swiss after calling the employee "black" and "monkey" pointed to its own skin, "implying, in principle, practice of racist crime."

Bianchi told authorities that he had come to Brazil with a friend for a boccia championship.

The Federal Police has charged Bianchi with aggravated offense for having offended with racist remarks a Brazilian. The crime carries a penalty from one to three years in jail.

The foreigner was taken to a state prison in Rio. He will be kept in jail until the Brazilian Justice decides what to do with him.

The Kid Rasta 8)

 

Hope that person stays in prison.

 

He'll be an expert on dicks when he gets out :lol:

 

I hear some of those Brazilian transexuals are not the smallest of guys!!!! and they are plenty in jail. Hope his insurance covers repair work for injuries sustained from a serious drilling!!!!?!?!?

 

don't drop the soap!

 

hahah ow man..the universal scare of any straight guy..

 

I think the death penalty should be given to racists like him

 

I wish the penalty was that severe overhere...

but then you would have white people who would want same treatment, for blacks that used "cracka" and "white trash."



even tho, we can clearly state that, on average, the word "nigger" carries/carried (thanks to dave chappelle, we got tired of the N word, and hopefully less offended by it) more weight and harm than anyword we could call a white person, just because of our history with it.

As for the man calling her names in Italian...

that's why you should encourage people you know, to pick up a 2nd or 3rd language..

so you know at which point to pimp slap a fool, for not having the bawls to call you something in english..

 

..or in this case, Portuguese.

 

effffffffiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeee