Italians jailed over G8 protest

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Source: BBC News

An Italian court has found 15 officials guilty of mistreating protesters following violent demonstrations at G8 meeting in the city of Genoa in 2001.

A judge handed down prison sentences ranging from five months to five years to the accused - who include police, prison officials and two doctors.
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The BBC's David Willey in Rome says it is unlikely that any of those sentenced will actually serve time in prison because their offences will have expired under Italy's statute of limitations before the appeal process is completed.

However, the Italian government will be forced to pay out millions of pounds to those who were victims of police brutality during their detention.


Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7506609.stm

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1. Glad to Hear It

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2. In the 1970's it was legal for the Italian police to basically shoot down any protestor

they deemed "dangerous." Some estimate that hundreds of strikers and protesters were killed between 1968 and 1978, with that number shooting upo after the passage of the astounding Legge Reale in 1974. Of course, many police were killed in the streets as well, and the former prime minister was kidnapped and murdered by the Red Brigade. Genoa must be read in that context. Few Americans remember that workers in Italy were in full-out revolt through much of the 1970's, and that the state was as repressive as any South American dictatorship for the better part of those years.