Blocked with batons, three policemen investigated in Milan

(ANSA) - MILAN, MAY 30 - Three officers of the local police of Milan have been entered in the register of suspects by the Public Prosecutor's Office on charges of injuries aggravated also by the abuse of the public function for the alleged beating with batons, even in the head, and kicks on a 42-year-old transsexual woman on May 24, in the Bocconi area, filmed by amateur videos.
In the investigation coordinated by the deputy Tiziana Siciliano and the prosecutor Giancarla Serafini, a fourth agent, a woman, who did not take part in the alleged violence, was not investigated. The 42-year-old filed a complaint for injuries also aggravated by discrimination, torture and serious threats.
After receiving a report from the investigators of the local police with the indication of the alleged responsibilities of the agents and the precise identifications reconstructed through the frames of the videos acquired, the deputy Tiziana Siciliano and the prosecutor Giancarla Serafini, with the coordination of the prosecutor Marcello Viola, enrolled the three agents: two, in particular, as emerged from the images, would have had the most violent behaviors, including batons, kicks and alpeli spray sprayed in the face, but a third officer would also participate. While, as the same 42-year-old had immediately reported in some interviews, the woman agent would not have taken part in the alleged beating. (ANSA).