Approximately 40 people demonstrated outside the Italian Consulate in New
York City Friday afternoon in a quickly improvised protest against
the police shooting of a protester at the G8 conference in Genoa.
Carrying a coffin and beating a funeral dirge on drums, the demonstraters
distributed leaflets stating that the police use of live ammunition
against unarmed protesters is unacceptable, and that police violence
reflects the violence inherent in corporate globalization.
A larger
demonstration is planned for next Monday at 4:30pm outside the Consulate
