A row has erupted in Italy over new
'civic assistants' being deployed to help police social
gatherings in coronavirus phase two.
The centre-right opposition has described the assistants as
"spies" and "vigilante patrols" but the government has stressed
they will not have policing duties but will assist in enforcing
public order after several incidents of 'movida' street night
life without facemasks or social distancing.
Naples Mayor Luigi de Magistris said "they won't be
anti-social-gathering patrols but we need assistance for
markets, beaches and other public spaces".
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