"The president's words are read but not commented on."
The leader of the League and deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini responded thus - three times - to those who asked him, on the sidelines of the political school of the League, for a comment on the words of the head of state Sergio Mattarella regarding the clashes in Pisa.
Then, when pressed, he added: "Of course it is always better for there to be no clashes. Policemen and carabinieri are daily victims of physical and verbal violence. Even in that square. If my son went and shouted 'cop, idiot' then he would have to deal with me." .
In his opinion "whoever puts his hands on a policeman or a carabiniere is a criminal".
"Being a policeman, a carabiniere, a firefighter - Salvini underlined - is a delicate profession. Anyone can make mistakes, but what I cannot accept is the placing of the Italian police on the index as a body of torturers. Also because if you go in the square with everyone hyper-permissive, without insulting, spitting, pushing, you don't have any kind of problems. Piantedosi did well - he concluded - we will do all the necessary investigations".
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