Black Italians marched through a well-to-do Adriatic beach town Saturday demanding that authorities reverse themselves and recognize the role of race in the brutal daylight killing of a 39-year-old Nigerian immigrant.
A demonstrators holds up a white rose during a protest to demand justice for Nigerian street vendor Alika Ogorchukwu in Civitanova Marche, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. The brutal killing of Ogorchukwu in broad daylight has sparked a debate in this well-to-do Adriatic beach community over whether the attack by an Italian man with a court-documented history of mental illness was racially motivated. of a Nigerian man at the hands of an Italian stranger but were divided by one word: Racism.
“Not naming racism won't help us understand how to defeat it. Because racism exists in Italy,'' Selam Tesfaye, a Milan-based immigrant activist, told the second crowd of about 100 people. “If someone in Civitanova wants to explain why this is not racism, we are here.”A widely circulated video shows the Italian man wrestling Ogorchukwu to the ground and strangling him.
People have left flowers and condolences on the sidewalk where Ogorchukwu was killed, in front of a beachwear boutique that was closed for lunch at the time. Store owner Laura Latino said she has received negative comments from as far away as Houston, accusing her of standing by and doing nothing when she wasn't even there.
“We don’t have to mix it with racism. What happened is that someone who is not normal killed our fellow Nigerian,″ Kunoun said. “We want this boy to pay for what he has done, to be in prison for life. That is our justice.”
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