Bunches of flowers with the words “Stop racism” and photos of black men on the pavement, women in tears, dismay, indignation, pain. Before Alika Ogorchukwuthe 39-year-old Nigerian peddler beaten to death in the center of Civitanova, in the Marche there were two other serious news stories that saw migrants as victims: Emmanuel Chibi Namdialso Nigerian, who died on 5 July 2016 at the age of 36 in Fermo after a fight with an Italian near the bus stop and the anti-migrant gunshot raid by Luca Traini, who on 3 February 2018 injured six black people in the streets of Macerata. The case of Alika killed yesterday by a 32-year-old who attacked him for futile reasons, beating him first with his crutch and then with his bare hands brought them back to mind.
Emmanuel, fleeing the war and welcomed in one of the structures that refer to the Community of Capodarco di Fermo together with his partner, died while defending the woman from the racist insults of Amedeo Mancini, who negotiated a 4-year sentence for manslaughter to be served under house arrest. Emmanuel had attacked him and he reacted with a punch that knocked the 36-year-old to the ground, hitting his head on the edge of the pavement. The judge had recognized the mitigating factor of the provocation, but also the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred.
Aggravating also recognized to Luca Traini, now 33 years old, from Tolentino (Macerata), sentenced to 12 years in prison for massacre and illegal carrying of a weapon. On February 3, intending to avenge the 18-year-old Pamela Mastropietro, killed and torn to pieces by a Nigerian pusher, he got into the car, shooting with his Glock at all the black people he met. “Shooting randomly against those with black skin is racism” ruled the Supreme Court in 2021, confirming the conviction for the young man of “Nazi-fascist ideologies”.
According to Msgr. Vinicio Albanesi who assisted Emmanuel and many other asylum seekers, the Marches are not racist, if anything, “a closed, family-oriented society that does not accept strangers”. The president of the Marche Region Francesco Acquaroli, on the other hand, intends to have the civil party set up as a civil party in the trial for Alika’s death “to defend the identity, values and image of the Marche region and the Marche. We have always been a supportive, inclusive community and we want to remain so, with everyone’s commitment “.
Source: Ansa
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