(ANSA) - PADUA, APRIL 26 - It was an amateur video, which went viral, that sparked a controversy in Padua about a body-to-body hired by three municipal police officers with a foreign boy who, on his bicycle, had not stopped at a control. In the images, shot by a passer-by in ViaUmberto I, in the city center, the 3 policemen are seen fighting with the young man, who tries to wriggle, until he goes to the ground; then one of the three is on his back, and with an arm he tightens it around his neck. At that moment the voices are heard as a passer-by stops and invites the agents to stop.
"When I was presented with the images that were circulating in the net, I immediately asked for a detailed report on what had happened to the Local Police Command" explains the councilor for safety of the municipality of Padua, Diego Bonavina. The boy was riding a bicycle in the prohibited direction, and did not wear a mask on his face. When the brigade told him the alt did not stop, trying to run away. "Do not need to stress - adds Bonavina - that our administration, always and with the facts, has proven to be as attentive to the rights as to the duties of all. I understand that these episodes are unpleasant for everyone, agents included, especially after serious incidents in the United States. and demand a policy of transparency and proportionality in the use of force.But I try to exclude that the case in question arises from that wrong and correctly condemned cultural humus ". (ANSA).