A 25-year-old Italian was arrested and brutally detained by the Police in Miami last February. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken steps to shed light on the matter.
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A 25-year-old Italian man, Matteo Falcinelli, was brutally arrested in Miami, United States, on the night of February 24-25.
According to the family’s complaint, they threw the man to the ground with his face resting on the asphalt and then took him to prison. There, the agents They tied his feet to the handcuffs behind his backkeeping it in that position for a full 13 minutes.
Images of Falcinelli’s brutal arrest are published
The incident, which occurred during his stay in the United States to pursue a doctorate at Florida International University. The images of the arrest, taken by the officers’ body cameras, were published on the Internet and caused great indignation.
The circumstances that led to Falcinelli’s arrest remain unclear. The man, explained the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement, He had been arrested while leaving a nightclub. The Miami Police had challenged several crimes, including nonviolent resistance to a public official.
He was released two days after his arrest. The Consulate General of Italy in Miami was activated immediately: in addition to intervening with local authorities, provided the necessary assistance to the compatriot and his family membersand also provided the legal department contacts, then chosen by the family.
The family has denounced the disproportionate use of force and torture methods suffered by the young man, who suffered physical and psychological trauma. According to his mother, who was admitted to a hospital, the young man tried to commit suicide several times.
In the following tweet, the video of the handcuffed man. Be careful, images may hurt his sensitivity.
The Foreign Ministry follows the case of the young man arrested in Miami
“Since the beginning of history, the Consulate General of Italy in Miami has been following the case of its compatriot Matteo Falcinelli,” reads a statement published by the Foreign Ministry.
“At the time of his arrest, Mr. Falcinelli was subjected to particularly violent detention treatment, seen by the same body cameras as the police officers who carried out the arrest. For this reason, in addition to following the case and providing assistance to the family in legal aspects, the Consul General in Miami emphasized to local authorities the unacceptability of the treatments to which the young person has undergone“said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In Rome, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, has already asked that maximum attention be paid to the case of the United States ambassador to Italy, Jack Markell, recalling that the Italian government diligently follows all cases of detention of Italian citizens abroad.
Until the end of the matter, the Consulate General, in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will continue to help his compatriotmaintaining close contact with the family.
