The story of the footballer Bakayoko , the protagonist of a viral video in which he is checked by some policemen in Milan for a mistaken identity, is discussed.
Some users have argued over the work of the agents, also accusing them of "racism" , or on the contrary, of "giving up everything" as soon as they discovered that the searched was a footballer . There are those who compare him to George Floyd , the man killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020.
According to what was specified by the State Police the previous night there had been fights, even with gunshots (later revealed not with a pistol) between foreigners, and a dark SUV was sought with two men on board , one of the two color with a green shirt. Corresponding to the alert, at 6 am the following morning, last July 3, the Volanti carried out the check and, since it was a report that followed an episode with possible firearms, the agents operated with guns in hand. The Milan Police Headquarters would have already clarified the matter also with the Rossoneri club.
"I saw the video but I did not speak to the commissioner so I would not know how to comment on it and I would not say improper things. I will hear the commissioner," said the mayor of Milan, Giuseppe Sala .
Paolo Magrone, secretary of Siulp Milan , "congratulates" for "the meticulousness of the operation which involved very young but well-prepared policemen and once again showed" how "the human factor is important for the surveillance of the territory".
"We still remember when, some time ago, near the Sesto San Giovanni railway station, a patrol collided with a dangerous terrorist, who was later killed - he writes in a note -. Then they were called heroes, today they have become racists, for more naive ".
For Amnesty Italia "the images suggest ethnic profiling. A discriminatory practice that could have had serious consequences on an unknown person".
(Unioneonline / D)