Wounded agent in the procession of Alitalia employees: ‘8 of us against 2 thousand, they tugged at us to take off our shield’

“When the march was authorized, they put us to make a barrier cordon. There were eight of us, them in two thousand. The march head, two other teams, anticipated and when the demonstrators came towards us, they decided to deviate from that which was the predetermined path to go to occupy the Rome-Fiumicino, they came upon us.At that point the two teams that were leading the parade tried to arrive to stem the movement they were making but it was too late and to block them. At that point they overwhelmed us “. Armando Catese, one of the eight injured agents of the 1st Mobile Department and a trade unionist of Italia Celere, told Adnkronos about the excited moments of this morning during the protest demonstration by Alitalia employees. Still in the emergency room Aurelio Hospital, for a sprain in the knee and one in the neck, says: “We all have various bruises, bruises, because we came into contact to try to block them, but you were blocking one and you were wearing three, four. they tugged, they tried to take off our shields, the truncheon. We were not afraid, but in the end there is a lot of bitterness because the situation has been handled badly. The opportunity has been given to make a march to people who are losing their jobs, who they divert the authorized route by attacking police forces who are there to work “. (by Silvia Mancinelli)