article_snippet.sent: Groups of football fans are responsible for thuggish behaviour on trains on a weekly basis, a senior police officer has said.
article_snippet.sent: The warning by British Transport Police (BTP)
article_snippet.sent: Paul Crowther  said: 'Sadly this type of casual thuggery is occurring just about on a weekly basis on our trains, with a sizeable minority who are behaving in a threatening, loud and sometimes racist way to the great terror of people who are using the system to get about and do their day-to-day business.'
article_snippet.sent: Paul Crowther  said the impact on ordinary passengers is 'unacceptable', adding: 'We are in danger of saying those types of experiences are OK. '
article_snippet.sent: We are saying 'Why do people think this is acceptable on trains?'
article_snippet.sent: You don't see this sort of behaviour on an aeroplane, for example.'
highlights_snippet.sent: British Transport Police are clamping down on 'casual thuggery' on trains .
  