Message #46109

[mccoy]

Steve, I can speak about Italy. Most public protests have been pacific and there has been no intervention of police, aside vigilance of protesters.

A few protests though have gone off the track and the police intervened. I have no sympathy for students who are looking for trouble and listening to other people who clearly think that a pacific protest is no fun at all. I've also no sympathy for students who would like to prevent other people from speaking, as it happened.

In Italy, as I believe everywhere else in most Western nations, if police officers are found not to have respected the rules, disciplinary actions will follow.