Chronicles of ordinary racism 2011 - Cronache di ordinario razzismo

The A Buon Diritto association publishes the images of a supposed beating , which
occurred in the local Carabinieri station, online. The incident dates back to 24 February,
when four young foreign men in a drunk and disorderly state (two Ecuadorians, one
Nigerian and one Albanian) were arrested by the Carabinieri for obstructing a public
officer. “The images, captured by a surveillance camera installed on the premises, are
striking: a young man, handcuffed, utterly harmless and with no possibility of
defending himself, is attacked, bludgeoned and thrown to the ground,” Luigi Manconi,
president of A Buon Diritto, remarks. “He tried to get up again a couple of times but is
knocked down each time. And no one came to his rescue”. The prosecutor’s office
opens an enquiry, charging one of the agents with the grievous bodily harm.
Source: stranieriinitalia.it
4 May 2010 Ceresara (MN), Lombardy
The centre‐right administration, with a set of regulations approved by the city council,
guarantees the so‐called “baby bonus” only to the first‐born child of married Italian
citizens, excluding, as ever, the children of foreign citizens, unmarried couples and
single mothers. The opposition files an appeal with the regional administrative court
(Tar).
Source: Ansa
4 May 2010 Cassibile (SR), Sicily
A group of young Italian boys attacks a Moroccan seasonal labourer aged 30, while he
is walking along Via Nazionale. Insults, kicks, punches. The residents of the area sound
the alarm and call an ambulance while the aggressors flee the scene. After a while, the
local police identify the authors of the racist assault, in part thanks to the witnessstatement
of a Moroccan farm‐hand.
7 May 2010 Rome (RM), Lazio
The Trenitalia train inspectors and conductors on the Rome Tiburtina‐Avezzano route
reveal the appearance of a “peculiar” document, “totally unfamiliar to, and thus never
authorized by” the company board. This document allegedly contains a box to tick in
order to report the presence of Roma passengers. “Everything we do is purely for the
safety and well‐being of passengers,” the company explains. The Salone train station is
very close to a large gyspsy settlement. The station was shut down in 2002 for public
safety reasons and only reopened on 1 April. The matter is extremely serious, given that
in the past passengers received threats, nobody wanted to board the train in that
station. It was allowed to reopen only on condition that strict security checks would be
set in place and cameras installed.
Source: Il Piccolo
5 May 2010 Novara (NO), Piedmont
Amel, a Tunisian woman aged 26, and her husband, are stopped by a Carabinieri patrol
near the post office. The woman is wearing a niqab and the policemen ask if they can
check if it is really a woman under the clothing. The man retorts: “My religion forbids a
woman to show herself in public in front of a man”. A policewoman arrives on the
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