Abderrahim Fakir died on Sunday in Bologna, at the Pilastro, in the hands of law enforcement and in the presence of two paramedics. He died after being held to the ground by two men, his hands and feet bound, and pepper sprayed in his face at close range. It was a forced intervention, with no medical precautions taken, despite the fact that he was showing signs of confusion and disorientation, and repeatedly calling for help.
We know the violence of attackers well: we've already encountered it with Stefano Cucchi, Federico Aldrovandi, and Riccardo Magherini; these are the names of the victims of police violence, names that emerge only when a breach in this system of silence opens. In this case, a resident's video captures a brutal scene.
It is the same state brutality that shocked Genoa and the world 25 years ago, killing Carlo Giuliani and torturing citizens whose only crime was to bear witness to freedom of thought and expression.
It is the brutality with which three years ago the Milan police beat Bruna, an innocent trans woman, while she was lying helpless on the ground, during a simple identification procedure.
The officers filmed in the video have not been registered as suspects, thanks to the criminal shield introduced by the Meloni government. This is a tool that, as a civil society, we have repeatedly denounced as anti-democratic. Its goal, as this case demonstrates, is to give law enforcement impunity in repressing public squares, targeting those who rebel or struggle to comply, and abusing force in arresting citizens.
A citizen, which Fakir was de facto for many years, living in Italy since he was seven years old, but still lacking citizenship. A country that ignores those who choose it as their home, fosters suspicion and contempt for migrants, fails to guarantee rights and certainties, offers no hope or opportunity, is a country that rejects and kills. Fakir knew this, and he endured that prophecy.
Like Cassero, we demand truth and justice for Abderrahim Fakir and his family. We will continue to fight for the right to demonstrate and exist, in the face of a state that speaks only the language of violence and repression.
Tonight at 7pm we will be at the assembly in Piazza Lucio Dalla to discuss the city's collective response.
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