Perhaps Carlo's memory has been profoundly submerged, then, beneath the fog and quagmire of lies, procedural bungling and political myth-making (on several sides).

Perhaps this can be misleading for people who don’t know Giulietto Chiesa and his background. He’s a brave and decent man, I only wish we had more. His words need to be read in the whole context of his statement. When he says “I consider it a miracle that no one died in all that chaos" he’s probably referring to ‘accidental’ death by suffocation or crashing in the chaos caused by the police attacks during the march. I went to read the original article in italian, and in fact after talking about the police charges, he speaks about piazza alimonda, recording the beatings up by the police forces and the several attacks and counterattacks. In Piazza Alimonda Chiesa sees the dead body of Carlo Giuliano and witness the closure of the square by the police: “There were also many locals, people from genoa, who inveighed at the police”
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In several occasions, Giulietto Chiesa has firmly expressed his hope for a resumal of the trial. “We will never get tired of asking for truth and justice upon Carlo Giuliani’s death. The dismissal of the trial for the murder of Carlo Giuliani is an open wound that is a concern of everyone, from close up. We invite everyone to follow the trials with attention, and to come to Genoa to support our battle.”

I think, Jim, that you’re absolutely right saying that Carlo's memory has been profoundly submerged, when not disgraced, and sadly we can rely on an abundance of instances for that. I don’t think though that this apply to Giulietto Chiesa.

Perhaps this can be misleading, since the translation put together only selected excerpts. I went to read the whole article in italian, most importantly the english version fails to mention that Chiesa is talking about the Tute Bianche march when he refers to the police charges and the firing of tear gas cannisters and then says that he considers it “a miracle that no one died in all that chaos". I think he meant in that very context, during the march, that people could have ‘accidentally’ suffocated or get crashed by the crowd because of the police charges. In fact, in the original article he then goes on and talks about Piazza Alimonda, talks about the beatings up by the police forces, and he sees the dead body of Carlo Giulani and witness to the closure of the square by the police, and mention a crowd of local people, people from genoa, who shouted in outrage at the police.

Giulietto Chiesa is a decent man, he has been involved in the “Piazza Carlo Giuliani” Truth and Justice for Genoa Committee and in many occasions has spoken out for Carlo’s murder “We will never get tired to ask for truth and justice on the death of Carlo Giuliani, firmly hoping in a reopening of the inquiry. The dismissal of the case for the murder of Carlo Giuliani is an open wound that concerns everybody, from close up. We invite you all to follow with attention the trials and to come to Genoa to support our struggle” (Genoa, june 2004).

I think, Jim, that you are damn right saying that Carlo's memory has been profoundly submerged, in fact, when not disgraced, and in so many ways that one cannot be aware of. It doesn’t apply to Giulietto Chiesa though.