There is no mask demonstration in Rome. Skeletons and crosses for the ‘March of Liberation’

Rome, October 10, 2020 – Signs, fake skeletons, crosses combined with the ‘devil’s number’ (666), meetings. And tensions, with the police having to intervene in the ‘No mask’ event in Rome. In Piazza San Giovanni the ‘Liberation March‘with about two thousand people in the street (7 thousand according to the organizers) against the restrictions. Several are shown without a mask (some use it, but in the eyes, ‘fox’ style), one of them is arrested by the police. “Shame, shame,” they shout through the crowd as others approach the officers shouting, “You must arrest us all.” The man arrested, later released, refused to provide his personal details. “They took me to the police station,” says the 44-year-old. “They told me that they had to get the fine from me because there were cameras and they couldn’t help it – he adds -. I told him I was walking and couldn’t breathe, I wrote that I was doing physical activity. I didn’t pay the fine and I put the lawyer.”

After the police intervention, the situation returns to normal. From the stage, meanwhile, the interventions of the organizers follow one another, inviting people to distance themselves and put on a mask. “This is not a ‘No mask’ or ‘Yes mask’ demonstration,” they repeat over the speakers.

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“I don’t wear a mask because it is synonymous with restraint,” says one of the initiative’s participants. “My only fear is the loss of freedom.” And another, also without a protection device. “That they fine me, what can they do about it?” But the mantra is one that accuses “an instrumental use of Covid to impose economic elections based on fear that will lead Italy to the abyss.” Among the flags that wave in the square are the tricolor, of the 3 V movement against vaccines, as well as banners against 5G. There are many who want to ride the wave of protests for profit: this is the case of a Chinese woman who sells magnets with sovereign phrases.

Taffo makes flyer

The event could not miss theTaffo funeral agency, famous for her aggressive and ironic communication campaigns. A young man, wearing a sponsored black T-shirt, handed out flyers with the agency’s contact details to those in Piazza San Giovanni. As evidence of promotional work, a photo on twitter with the caption: “Business is Business”.

Brochure to #marciadellaliberazione ! Business are business pic.twitter.com/XkWQ0IGTS5

– TAFFO (@taffoofficial)
October 10, 2020

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