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Shoot to kill in Genoa

No more | 25.06.2001 13:11

BBC report indicates authorities are prepared to kill in Genoa

At the bottom of a BBC web page, it states that:

"Authorities in Genoa, where the G8 group of countries are meeting next month, have reportedly even ordered body bags and organised a mortuary in anticipation of violent clashes. "

This sounds like the police are prepared to fire upon and kill unarmed protestors in Genoa. They have already attempted to murder three activists in Gothenburg.

It is obvious that the authorities are planning violence, extra-judicial executions and any other fascistic move to detroy the anti-capitalist/anti-globalisation movement.

Like the vast majority of unarmed, peaceful civilians I am dead scared that the police will fit one of us with trumped up charges to silence us. OK, smashing windows is a criminal activity which one should expect to be charged for, regardless of how right the cause is. However, they are concerned less by the crime itself than the ideas behind it and the force used against us far outweighs the seriousness of any 'criminal activity' committed during demonstrations. By trying to maim people, regardless of whether this will kill someone, is horrendous and reminiscent of Nazism.

I was always under the impression that there was an element of freedom in Europe, despite the existence of capitalism. But I was wrong. We are now the targets of a Stasi-style European police network led by a collection of terrorist governments.

All we can do is go under-ground. For the first time, I am writing under pseudonyms and I just hope the police don't grab Indymedia's log-files.

No more
- Homepage: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1406000/1406689.stm

Comments

Display the following 12 comments

  1. bodybags — kev
  2. your misgivings are justified — orion noir
  3. Vengeance shall be mine — Him
  4. They've declared war on democracy — A political shoemaker
  5. Going underground? — Wullie
  6. A poem — narked
  7. Don't be fooled by media scare stories — Lemming
  8. A few thoughts on "going underground" — Lemming
  9. War on Democracy — Active8
  10. 'Intelligence' is watching now! — Daniel Brett
  11. Fear is their weapon — undercurrents
  12. Death by crushing — db