The Guardian of London reports that “Evidence emerged that the assault early on Sunday morning, in which 61 people were injured, had been a vendetta by police officers seeking revenge for the rioting at the G8 summit,” which has led the parliamentary opposition to demand an inquiry into the action.
Honestly, I’m left confounded about how this can be allowed to happen and how the cops can feel justified in needing revenge for violence that I’m sure wouldn’t happen if the Summit weren’t already extremely militarized. When you treat people like violent criminals it’s hard not to expect them to live up to expectation. Clearly, Genoa was in a state of lawlessness throughout the weekend, only that was far more the result of lawless police taking the opportunity to leverage their clear advantage of force and weaponry against a mostly peaceful assembly.
The mainstream media’s depiction of protestors as violent and riotous based up on the actions of a small percentage is outrageous given their assumption that police–in Italy or elsewhere–are mostly law abiding, even though at least as large of a percentage every year are convicted of crimes, usually an abuse of their power. To find the bias, follow the power.
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