“Indignant response without division. Unacceptable” –

In the latest report published by Ecri, the anti-racism commission of the Council of Europe, racial profiling by Italian public security bodies is denounced. The government is asked to “establish a fully independent equal opportunities body”. The accusation is “unacceptable” and “the indignant response must be from everyone, without division”. This was declared by the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto. “Our police forces, like our Armed Forces, work with dedication and self-sacrifice to guarantee the safety of all citizens, without distinctions, without prejudices, without sparing themselves. We are talking about women and men who deserve respect, not insult of such gravity. The Italian law enforcement agencies are a heritage of Italian legality, not a partisan one. And it is up to everyone to defend their honor and history”, wrote Crosetto in a message on

Support for the police arrived during the day from many political leaders. The first response to the Ecri report was that of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. “Our police forces work with dedication and self-sacrifice to guarantee the safety of all citizens, without distinction. They deserve respect, not similar insults”, wrote the Prime Minister in a tweet. “I strongly reject the accusations of racial profiling against our police forces reported in the latest report by Ecri, the anti-racism commission of the Council of Europe”, wrote the president of the Senate, Ignazio la Russa, on Facebook. The Ecri was defined by the leader of the League Matteo Salvini as “a useless body also paid for with the taxes of Italian citizens”. “As the League we will propose to save this money to allocate it to healthcare instead of tarnishing our police forces. If these gentlemen like Roma and illegal immigrants so much, they should all take them home to Strasbourg”, he wrote on social media.