Genoa (was Re: Who provokes whom?

[jbor]

on 7/24/01 8:54 AM, Bill Blue at peterredzinger at hotmail.com wrote:

> what proof necessary to accept the claims?
> 
>> From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>> The claims certainly haven't been substantiated.

I guess an actual statement by one of these "witnesses" rather than an
anonymous allegation in a dubious on-line "report" would be a start.

>From the footage I saw the rioters attacked the police, not vice versa. Many
of the legitimate protesters in Genoa refused to rejoin the protest after
the events of the first day because of what these rioters did.

Media from all countries were in Genoa. Not one of these has picked up on
the fantasies about "Fascist" cops calling out "Long Live Il Duce" and
pictures of Mussolini in police stations and so forth which are being
propagated here.

And, after all, Genoa was just the *venue* for the G-8 talks. All the
bullshit propaganda about the riot police being a Fascist army and
Berlusconi's government being undemocratic is irrelevant anyway.

The policeman who killed the rioting protester was yesterday or the day
before charged with manslaughter. That's a pretty quick, and just, response
imo.

best