carlo giuliani

an italian man

he was shot when he picked up a fire extinguisher AFTER a policeman pulled a gun on a crowd

"Photographs showed Giuliani, a 23-year-old Roman living in Genoa, throwing a fire extinguisher towards the van, a pistol firing a shot in return from the van, and Giuliani's body having been run over by the van. Charges against the officer were initially dropped without trial as a judge ruled that the ricocheted bullet was fired in self-defense, but the incident became a point of public scrutiny. "

Says vice versa here.

because as we all know, throwing a fire extinguisher at an ARMORED VAN means that you should die

his body was also run over

here's a different picture from the same event

Disorderly and not a correct way to kill a criminal but again, it could've been a bomb for all they knew.

Again, no idea of the context here.

I assume it was a riot.

you don't really need any
the police generally shouldn't beat people who are
-already on the ground
-absolutely terrified
-and possibly injured

I do need context. It's the most important thing.

And yes they should.

Especially if the person is very dangerous.

Disarming people is messy but it works.

okay so this was from a raid on the Armando Diaz school which was a meeting of anti-globalization activists and lawyers
they were not rioting
they were not planning to riot
they were planning legal action

Yet according to photographs giuliani threw a fire extinguisher towards a van

journalist Mark Covell was kicked in the chest and beaten to the ground

he wasn't even a protestor

he wasn't even italian

but his ribcage was broken

There were riot police though.

he got PTSD from it

Again, need more context.

the police fucking gave a man PTSD for no reason other than that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4229777.stm

"In July 2001, anti-globalization demonstrators protested the 27th G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, where leaders of the world's major industrialized nations met. Among these protesters was Carlo Giuliani, a 23-year-old Roman Italian and resident of Genoa, whom a police officer shot and killed during what had become a riot two miles from the summit."

quote from the attacked journalist
"To be honest I hate Black Bloc. They are so extreme, they defeat the arguments of the peaceful protesters and give us a bad name."

Possible but I need more context.

And what did the attacker say?

"They didn't ask me any questions or try to handcuff me or anything."

'You are Black Bloc and we're going to kill Black Bloc.'

they actually said that they would kill him

for no reason other than that he was at the wrong place at the wrong time

he was at a peaceful meeting
he was not taking part in illegal actions in any way
and they broke his rib cage

Doubt they said that.

Nor was it peaceful.

that was straight from the BBC article

And?

generally they get things right