Anti-Semitic attack in Milan: Klaus Davi reports street threats and the slow pace of justice.
“Zionist s**t, go away.” These were some of the hateful comments directed at Klaus Davi on Friday morning in the Piazzale Loreto area of Milan, while the journalist was conducting a series of interviews for an investigation for the newspaper ‘Calabria 7’.
“Up until that point, everything had been fine. Passersby had responded civilly to my questions. Then, this man started yelling ‘piece of shit,’ ‘fucking Zionist,’ and ‘piece of shit Zionist,’ chasing me and threatening me,” Klaus Davi himself denounced in an official statement, also sharing the video documenting the entire episode.
As usual, being accustomed to handling critical situations, given the numerous services I’ve provided in considered difficult areas of Milan, in the AC Milan and Inter Milan stands, as well as in Calabria and Naples Ponticelli, I didn’t lose my cool. I immediately tried to reason with him and calm him down, explaining clearly that I was simply doing my job, but every attempt was in vain. The situation was about to escalate to the point that a local police officer, as clearly seen in the video, intervened to try to restrain him. Despite the presence of law enforcement, the person continued to rant, inciting other passersby to attack me.
Klaus Davi then makes a strong appeal to the institutions: “On the issue of anti-Semitism, the Italian justice system is incredibly slow, if not downright absent. This slowness is perhaps also due to obvious legislative gaps and a culpable underestimation of the phenomenon in general. That said, I will continue my work undaunted, without retreating an inch.”
