Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
Antonio Tajani said Wednesday he was satisfied by the US State
Department's statement that it was following the case of Matteo
Falcinelli, a 25-year-old from Spoleto who was hogtied by Miami
police for 13 minutes after being arrested outside a nightclub
in the Florida city in February.
"I was pleased to hear the statements made today in the United
States: the federal government is following the affair with
concern, so it has responded positively to our request for
clarification," said Tajani after a State Department official
told ANSA it recognised Italy's concern over the young man's
violent treatment.
"The words coming from Washington go in the direction we
requested, to protect the young Italian arrested in February in
ways that I did not like at all", said Tajani.
"I have noticed," he added, "that in a timely manner they have
distanced themselves (from the alleged police brutality)."
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