A banner displayed by a group of radical supporters of the club, during a match in May 2016 had a number of “addressees”. It mentioned an opposition movement, one of the opposition parties, the “Gazeta Wyborcza” opposition newspaper, a pair of outspoken independent journalists (Tomasz Lis and Monika Olejnik) as well as “other prostitutes”.  “There will be no boos for you, only gallows” – threatened the banner.

The prosecutor’s office discontinued the investigation, accepting in good faith the football fans’ claim that they did not know the content of the banner displayed during the Legia Warsaw match with Piast Gliwice. The Open Republic Association has joined the opposition party (Nowoczesna) and the opposition movement  (KOD) in reporting to the prosecutor’s office the criminal threats contained in the banner. However, the District Prosecutor has closed the case and has done so twice:

First, in June 2016 the prosecutor’s office  refused to open an investigation, as the banner expressed in their opinion “albeit in a rather vulgar way – nothing more than political views”. Following an appeal, a court revoked the prosecutor’s office decision. The investigation was re-opened in December, only to close after three months – due to a “lack of sufficient evidence to justify the suspicion of an illegal act having been committed “.