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rpannier

(24,976 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 09:12 PM Apr 29

Cheers to the Vancouver Police Department as they deny FIFA special treatment

How long until Trump starts whining on behalf of his acolyte, servant, sycophant?

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/48630108/vancouver-police-deny-motorcade-request-fifa-infantino

TORONTO -- A request for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to be given a police escort while in Vancouver, British Columbia, for FIFA meetings has been denied, the Vancouver Police Department confirmed Wednesday.

"Formal motorcades where traffic is stopped are reserved for heads of state," Deputy Chief Don Chapman said in a statement.

"As the FIFA executive do not meet Internationally Protected Person (IPP) standards that would warrant such an escort [closing roads, intersections, not adhering to traffic devices, etc.], the request was declined," Chapman said.

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FIFA denies that Trump's buddy Infantino was involved in this.

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