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https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/severe-legal-crackdown-after-uk-riots_6715835_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/severe-legal-crackdown-after-uk-riots_6715835_4.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/15/s... They convicted 54 people in two weeks. I guess "military like" means that trials and convictions were specifically expedited for right wing rioters on request of the neo elected prime minister.

paganel 2y ago
Exactly. Similar to what used to happen a century or so ago in places like Sicily as a result of peasant/popular revolts [1]. 30 years or so later the whole liberal Italian political system would be sent to the garbage bins of history with not much of a fight and we know the rest. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Siciliani https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasci_Siciliani
chrisjj 2y ago
No "military-like tribunals" there. Just regular criminal courts.