“Bound for your safety. It’s normal to lock your legs” –

«Mr Matteo Falcinelli’s legs were tied following he repeatedly banged his head once morest the cell door. The decision was made to ensure his safety.” After the words of the US State Department comes the position of the City of North Miami Beach, in a document sent to AGI, on the case of the Italian student arrested in Florida.

«According to the 2020 report from the statistics office of the Department of Justice, the technique of tying the legs – continues the document on the 25-year-old arrested and handcuffed hand and foot on the night between 24 and 25 February – is widely used as a tool by the forces of order”. «From the videos it emerges that Mr. Falcinelli behaves aggressively from the moment before his arrest, during his detention and while he is transferred to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Mr. Falcinelli was charged with two counts of assault on law enforcement, resisting arrest and trespassing. He reached a settlement on two cases of assault and one of resisting arrest. The charge of trespassing has been withdrawn”, the rest of the official note, which arrived following viewing all the videos recorded by the officers’ body cams and which document the arrest of Matteo Falcinelli, held in cell for almost three days. «The body cams show him (Falcinelli, ed.) banging his head on the glass of the cell and the officers trying to treat a cut on his face. Furthermore, Mr. Falcinelli is seen hitting his head on the bars, inside the police car, while he is being transferred to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center”, underlined a representative of the North Miami Beach administration.