Reggio Emilia “It lasted just under a month Dedicated Dynamic Surveillance around the Valli Theater and the San Rocco block. And it was taken away just when it was starting to work.” The residents and shopkeepers of the San Rocca block intervened in a note following the violent brawl on Sunday afternoon.
«After years of phone calls, emails, complaints, complaints without any outcome, so much so that we got tired of reporting, a legality safeguard had finally been activated which was proving effective in combating drug dealing, theft, substance abuse which during the day, in the sunlight in front of everyone, and at night they spread to this area. A month is not enough to dissuade those who have been taking turns and managing illegal actions for many years. “This is our area and here we do what we want” tell us the boys who guard Piazza Martiri del 7 July, Piazza della Vittoria, Parco del Popolo and Isolato San Rocco. A sort of ‘free zone’, without law and without of controls in which the rules are defined from time to time by whoever takes control of the territory” they write.
«There was a bloody brawl with chairs and bottles being thrown, in which a boy was injured, in front of the Gran Caffè Cavour. Another had exploded without consequences, other than kicks and punches, under the block and in via San Rocco ten days ago. Gangs and organized groups take turns managing illicit activities. And the situation seems out of control. From our direct experience, the events or the countless street foods held in the two squares and at Parco del Popolo have no influence on these ‘activities’. However, law enforcement controls and controls are effective. Because of this the restoration of Dedicated Dynamic Supervision would be urgently neededespecially going towards the summer and the warmer months during which the illegal dynamics intensify.”
«She had also been there promised greater lighting of the monument to the Martyrs of July 7, but no one intervened and even the lights under the plane trees in front of the Gran Caffè Cavour and Banca Intesa are still darkened and full of stones, despite numerous reports. Traders, residents and businesses that respect the rules are already abandoning the neighborhood and the entire historic center. Let’s reverse course before it’s too late” they conclude.
