Fire in the center. Yelling, fighting, and vandalism. “Now they rule” – Chronicle

Florence, September 28, 2020 – «We have been here for more than a month hostage to a gang of kids who enjoy hitting mopeds, kicking the dehors of our premises and many times they don’t give a damn. We knew that sooner or later something would happen and that is why we immediately denounced the situation to the municipal police, carabinieri, police as well as the mayor and councilors of the Municipality of Florence. But nothing has changed. “Who lives and works in Strozzi Square He is not at all surprised by what happened on Saturday afternoon. It is not known whether the 13-year-old, who would have started the I beg together with two companions, with important consequences in the building that houses the Odeon Cinema and the Yab nightclub In addition to the damage to the parked scooters, whether or not they are part of the gang that has taken over the area for a month, the truth is that the businessmen can not take it anymore.

“The city it is out of control and we are facing a problem of public order not of social degradation, as many want to think ”, he explains. Aldo Cursano, president of Confcommercio Firenze who picked up the stomach pain of his colleagues.

“It is a situation that we reported three weeks ago. It is not acceptable – she continues – for an entire plaza to be controlled by a group of uneducated children. Absurd to close the entertainment venues, subject the premises to such strict measures and then authorize these meetings. Let me be clear, it is not just the children’s fault but the families and the school that must shoulder their responsibilities. “Two weeks ago the group scribbled the seats that line Palazzo Strozzi with black marker. Dozens and dozens of meaningless writings , nicknames He left as if to mark the territory and coded messages In 48 hours the Municipality intervened with two restorers to remove the wild writings.

The same Arturo Galansino, general manager of Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, on the occasion he underlined: “For a month or so several young people have been in front of the Palazzo Strozzi and they do not always behave correctly. Gestures like this go against the decorum of the city, respect for its beauty and more generally , for the common good that we must all defend and preserve ”.

In spite of the school The gang has started, boys between 14 and 17 years old, it seems they have no intention of leaving the area. “They are all crowded together, stuck together without masks. They scream, they fight – he says. Davide Risoluti, owner of the Vineria del Re in Piazza della Repubblica -. They arrive here around midnight, already loaded with bags of alcohol that I don’t know where they buy. Check? After midnight, the worst time slot, very few ”.

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