(ANSA) - MILAN, 28 FEB - There were two hundred agents and representatives of the police yesterday in the dock: this is the answer that the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala gave to the criticisms for what happened yesterday on the canals with "thousands and thousands of people ".
"And, like it or not - he blurted out on Facebook -, more could not be done, because the city is large and must be managed in its entirety". "Would it have been better to close the Dock in the afternoon? But do you think who was around would have been at home or would have gone somewhere else? - he added -. Faced with these facts, most of the comments are on the lack of forces of But I am on their side, on the side of men and women who are there to work and not on the side of those who do not behave adequately for the serious health crisis we are going through ".
Also because "with this terrible pandemic, if you do not respect the rules then you pay a pledge. So it will probably be and unfortunately - he concluded - the consequences will fall on the whole community". (HANDLE).