Four police who beat a journalist
with their truncheons breaking several finger bones after
mistaking him for an activist at a rally of the far-right
CasaPound group in Genoa in May 2019 on Thursday escaped the
case with fines totalling 2,582 euros at an appeals trial.
La Repubblica reporter Stefano Origone was covering the rally in
a central square in the northwestern city when clashes broke out
between CasaPound supporters and police.
They took Origone for a militant and hit him repeatedly with
their batons, even when he was on the ground, leaving him with
extensive bruising and finger fractures.
At the fist instance trial two years ago the four officers were
sentenced to 40 days in jail for excessive and culpable use of
legitimate weapons.
Prosecutors at both trials had requested harsher punishment
arguing that the police action was deliberate and not just
culpable.
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