Milan Braced With Soldiers and Boarded-Up Boutiques, and the March Stayed Peaceful
In Milan, thousands of young people marched as soldiers were deployed and luxury boutiques were boarded up, but by late afternoon most shops had opened, Italian media reported.
The Milan demonstration remained peaceful, though there were brief clashes with police in both Rome and Turin.
Premier Giorgia Meloni announced a raft of measures, including sending an additional 500 soldiers to Milan and tougher penalties for minors, who police said made up a large part of the violent protesters the week before.
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The telling detail is the boutiques reopening by late afternoon: Milan boarded itself up, put soldiers on the streets, and the day mostly behaved.
Among the answers on offer, though, were 500 more soldiers and tougher penalties for minors, which reads as handling the unrest as a youth-crime problem.
And the image of the day is a pile of manure and an oversized fake electricity bill outside the energy regulator. Good luck riot-proofing that.