Football ban for human rights activist involved in racist Paris Metro train incident

The judge said the former policeman “proved to be a menace” and had “demonstrated aggressive, disorderly conduct”.

A former policeman and human rights activist has been banned from football matches for five years for racially abusing and shoving a black commuter off a Paris Metro train.

Video showed Frenchman Souleymane Sylla repeatedly pushed off the carriage amid chants of “we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s the way we like it”.