The light hand after the devastation contains a very clear message: the violent will not be punished, the guardians of the law instead remain vigilant, because with them the robes will be inflexible. It is the surrender of justice and the Caporetto of the protection of citizens
Three arrested, three released. Everyone at home, like in the film Luigi Comencini. And after all, here too we celebrate September 8th: it is the shameful surrender of Italian justice. And, consequently, of our safety. If, faced with a handful of violent thugs, who perhaps would be better defined as terrorists, faced with the attack on Turin which the judge himself defines as an “urban guerrilla” operation, faced with what the Minister of the Interior deemed an attack on the heart of the State, if faced with all this we know nothing to do other than arrest three (let’s say three) violent men and free them after two days, well, then it means we’re screwed.
Lose all hope, you who read: it already seemed incredible that out of hundreds and hundreds of organized guerrillas who committed every type of crime under the eyes of the cameras, there were only three arrested; It already seemed incredible that these three arrested were not charged with attempted murder (but what the hell would hammering a policeman in the head be if not attempted murder?). This already seemed incredible. But then if those three also go back to their home, to be cuddled by their mother, perhaps while they watch the films of the assault on Turin together on the big Dolby surround screen, there is nothing left to say. Just to raise your hands. They won. He lost the state.
Yet that’s what happened. Sorry to say: that’s how it went. The violent man from Grosseto, Angelo Simionatothe one who took part in the attack on the policeman and kept his nice red jacket on to make himself better noticed, was sent under house arrest. The two Turin men, Matteo Campaner And Pietro Desiderithey even became free again, only with the obligation to sign. A little more and they would even give him a prize. But sure, why not? We’ll get there at this rate: why bother taking those who smash policemen’s heads to prison? Let’s give them a medal. An acknowledgment. A cash bonus. Maybe even a plaque in the Chamber of Deputies, which already exists Carlo Giuliani. This is how you stop the violence, right? That’s how you stop terrorists, don’t you think? After all, if Askatasuna was a “common good”, those who wage war to defend it must necessarily be deserving. National heroes.
One almost wants to smile at the madness of the release that follows the madness of the failed arrests. After what happened in Turin one expected raids in social centers, mass arrests, handcuffs for dozens of people. But no: they arrest three of them. And they immediately let them go outside. And thank goodness we are in the authoritarian state, thank goodness we are in the era of repression. It seems to me that the only repression taking place is that of common sense. Sending everyone home, a few days after that devastation, is in fact like giving a precise signal. As if to say that anyone can go into the streets to smash the heads of policemen, anyone can declare war on the State, anyone can arm themselves to the teeth and scientifically devastate a city, without anything happening to them. Guaranteed release. Tough fight and fearless impunity. Now and always arrogance. As I was saying, you almost want to smile, but this time it’s difficult.
This time it’s difficult because our thoughts turn to what agents risk when they use force not to attack the state, as the criminals in Turin did, but to defend it. They get in trouble. Criminals don’t. They do. The other day in Milan an out of control Chinese man spread terror through the streets of the city, robbed, threatened, then beat up a security guard, stole his gun and opened fire on the policemen who were saved only because they had an armored car. They responded and are now under investigation. And we are sure that justice will be very severe with them, as it was very severe with the Rome policeman who intervened to save a colleague in danger (three years of sentence, plus huge compensation to the criminal’s family) and just as it was very severe with the Milan policeman who shot a pusher who was pointing a gun at him at night in the Rogoredo woods (even under investigation for voluntary homicide). Let the agents learn: next time, instead of risking (with a starvation salary) to defend the citizens, go around cracking the skulls of some colleagues. They will certainly find more compliant magistrates.
And so we are heading into a new season of war completely disarmed. Because this is the final effect of this judicial madness. You have a lot of work preparing safety decrees after safety decrees, you have a lot of work foreseeing severe measures and preventive checks, but if the idea then passes that those who break the rules don’t pay, or rather that those who devastate win, then what use is the government’s tightening? And what is the point of changing the laws if they are then applied like this? And if they are applied like this, won’t the police be discouraged? And if the police are discouraged, who will guarantee the citizens? Who will defend the state? It’s a short step from Askatasuna to wreckage. Yesterday there were writings on the walls of Turin praising the killing of policemen: “+ dead cops, + orphans, + widows”. And we feel in danger like never before. The guerrillas have already set their sights on the Milan/Cortina Olympics. Three days of demonstrations are planned from today. We don’t know if they will strike again. But we already know that if they do so there will be a judge who will let them go home immediately. In practice, a green light for delinquency. With court stamp.
