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Italian police in Brescia face allegations of degrading treatment after seven female climate activists from Extinction Rebellion claimed they were forced to remove their underwear and perform squats during questioning.

The activists, detained after a protest against Leonardo, an aerospace company, accused police of singling out women for this treatment.

Police denied misconduct, stating the procedure was to search for dangerous objects.

The incident has prompted calls for an investigation from opposition politicians amid debates over a controversial security bill targeting climate activists with harsher penalties.

  • HikingVet
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    10 hours ago

    From the same article

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    In the United States, Bell v. Wolfish is the benchmark case on this issue. In its judgment of the case, the U.S. Supreme Court established a standard of reasonable grounds for performing cavity searches. Among these are security concerns at prisons. Such searches are generally governed by the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits searches without probable cause.[3]

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        8 hours ago

        The point of the matter is the previous poster said that it was standard, my response proved it wasn’t.

        If you read even the summary you will see that it wasn’t uniformly implemented.

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          7 hours ago

          It’s your loose interpretation of “it’s standard” that’s tripping you up. US case law has no relevance on what’s standard in Italy.

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            7 hours ago

            From the summary:

            The activists, detained after a protest against Leonardo, an aerospace company, accused police of singling out women for this treatment.

            Any other arguments that are D.O.A?

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                6 hours ago

                Lol, doesn’t read the summary, uses overly broad terms and then points the finger at someone else.

                Are ya sure?