Indicator history

Many examples reported in the news, highlight that seeking justice about violent and abusive conduct by law enforcement authorities is a tricky issue. Organizations such as Amnesty International have often pointed out that the conduct of law enforcement authorities in Italy is an issue of concern. The abusive conduct of the police forces towards Italian citizens has been rarely legally punished as in most occasions it remains unpunished or unreported. This is all the more true for citizens in weaker socio political conditions and legal status as migrant citizens. One of the most important event regarding violence in custody took place in Parma when a 22 years-old boy of Ghanaian origin was beaten outside his school by some Municipal Police officers in Parma because they thought he was a drug pusher. After having run after him and beaten him, the officers took him to the municipal police headquarters. He was released some hours after with an envelope containing the minutes of his interrogation with the sentence ‘Emmanuel, nigger’ written on it.

Source:

Enar Shadow Report 2009/2010, Supplemental report: Ethnic Profiling in Italy, by Laura Di Pasquale, ENAR - http://cms.horus.be/files/99935/MediaArchive/ENAR%20Ethnic%20Profiling%20Supplement%20Italy.pdf