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Italian police in Brescia face allegations of degrading treatment after seven female climate activists from Extinction Rebellion claimed they were forced to remove their underwear and perform squats during questioning.

The activists, detained after a protest against Leonardo, an aerospace company, accused police of singling out women for this treatment.

Police denied misconduct, stating the procedure was to search for dangerous objects.

The incident has prompted calls for an investigation from opposition politicians amid debates over a controversial security bill targeting climate activists with harsher penalties.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago

Police denied misconduct, stating the procedure was to search for dangerous objects.

Bullshit. Italian culture needs to grow the fuck up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

"Yeah that doesn't surprise me." -- Anyone whose ever seen an Italian Giallo film.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (4 children)

Lol it's to make sure you don't have anything shoved up inside of you. It's like you guys haven't ever been arrested before.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_cavity_search#Procedure

Squatting is sometimes instructed during the visual search, and prolonged holding of a squat can be demanded; squats are sometimes demanded while standing over a mirror (so that the observer has an improved view). The person may be asked to “squat and cough,” with the aim of dislodging an object stored in the rectum or vagina.

Edit: For the record fuck the police always, but this is a pretty standard part of being searched before you are processed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 hours ago

but this is a pretty standard part of being searched before you are processed

Not everyone lives in the US. If I remember correctly, here in Germany they are not allowed to routinely do these searches (doesn't mean they can't do them, but it's not standard when you are arrested). I think it's based on EU laws, so the same probably applies to Italy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

From the same article

United States edit

In the United States, Bell v. Wolfish is the benchmark case on this issue. In its judgment of the case, the U.S. Supreme Court established a standard of reasonable grounds for performing cavity searches. Among these are security concerns at prisons. Such searches are generally governed by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits searches without probable cause.[3]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Then why are they saying only the women had to do this?

Edit: I've never had a cavity search any of the times I have been arrested.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

It's like you guys haven't ever been arrested before.

I can't say I have been, so thank you for the explanation.

[–] nevaseerius 0 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Isn't that standard process when booking inmates

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago

Nope. It's not 'standard.'

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] nevaseerius 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh that's fucked up then, rip

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago

It'd be more fucked up if it was standard...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago