Italy plans tough new measures against rioters - The Washington Post
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Italy’s interior minister, under fire for failing to prevent the worst riots in Rome for years, is to propose reviving a law from the country’s bloody “years of lead” to combat violent protests.
Italy plans tough new measures against rioters (via @NetLib)
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Roberto Maroni said he agreed with opposition politician Antonio Di Pietro, a former magistrate, who suggested reviving a law from the 1970s, when Italy was racked by leftwing protests and urban guerrilla violence that came close to destabilising the state. The law allowed police to use firearms, when necessary, and banned the wearing of helmets or masks during demonstrations. It also provided for preventive detention of demonstrators suspected of planning violence.