While I was in Switzerland this past weekend, there was a large festival in celebration of Euro Cup 2008. The night we were there, Czech Republic and Turkey had their playoff game. Because of this, there were crazy Europeans everywhere at the festival. Although a lot of them were intoxicated and REALLY dedicated to their teams, I still felt like nothing bad would happen like a riot or serious brawls. The reason? There were riot police EVERYWHERE. They were on nearly every corner and also patrolling up and down the road that the festival was on. They had full riot gear which consisted of large shin guards, loaded weapons and an array of other tools/weapons on their belts. The only thing that was missing that I've seen American riot police use are the giant shields to protect themselves. I guess they don't whip these out until it gets really out of hand!
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