OPINION: On-field thugs just as culpable under law

By Daniel Matas.
Updated July 3 2014 - 9:43pm, first published 9:30pm
Luis Suarez after that bite.
Luis Suarez after that bite.

PICTURE this: You are walking down Hunter Street minding your own business when a stranger, without warning, sinks their teeth into your shoulder leaving puncture marks. You would be entitled to expect, wouldn't you, that after a police investigation, the individual involved would be charged with assault?

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