Saturday morning, in the square of Santa Lucia station, in Venice, Monica Poli – the famous one “lady Pickpocket” of social media – together with the committee of “non-distracted citizens” staged a contested protest against the Cartabia reform and what the group defines as a consequent invasion of pickpockets in the historic center. The location of the event was not chosen by chance: the two gateways to Venice have always been concentrated between the railway and the car terminal in Piazzale Roma. most of the thefts with dexterity.
In the slogan repeated over the megaphone several appeals to the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio, to intervene on the text of the Cartabia law which prevents official proceedings against many crimes, including semi-incensed theft.
Lady Pickpocket’s protest
However, the protest also attracted the controversies of some passers-by, given the committee’s choice to display the faces of many alleged pickpockets identified by the group on a long billboard, a decision in reality perfectly consistent with the method of Poli and the others, who have made themselves known in the last two years for the online live broadcasts in which they chased and apostrophized the thieves in action; In fact, the activist’s nickname was derived from the battle cry “Attention, pickpocket”.
