Deaths after Taser use, Salvini: "Don't blame the Carabinieri." AVS: "Stop, it's dangerous."

"Don't blame the Carabinieri," said Deputy Prime Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini after the death of Gianpaolo Demartis , the 57-year-old man stopped with a taser on Saturday by a Carabinieri patrol in Olbia called by residents. A similar incident occurred in Genoa, where a 41-year-old man died. "And now let no one blame the Carabinieri," Salvini wrote on social media, "who defended themselves and the citizens they attacked, simply doing their duty."

AVS has taken a stand against the use of tasers, commenting through MP Filiberto Zaratti : "After Olbia, another case in the Genoa hinterland, in Sant'Olcese. In just a few hours, two victims were hit by a taser. Salvini, the League, and company can shout all they want, but it's clear there's a problem with this instrument that must be stopped. The complaint by Sardinia's prison ombudsman, Irene Testa , who rightly calls it a 'legalized instrument of torture,' must be followed up."

The Sardinian prison ombudsman wrote on Facebook: "Another death by taser. It's not the first time it's happened. Before him, a few months ago, a 30-year-old man. The use of electric shocks to control distress, causing devastating physical and psychological effects. Sometimes death. Can the use of legalized torture instruments still be allowed?"

Stefano Paoloni , general secretary of the SAP, also weighed in on the matter, stating: "We regret this tragic event, but the taser remains the safest tool available to law enforcement. Out of every 10 interventions, at least 7 times, there is resistance and no physical contact. With truncheons or even service weapons, our interventions are riskier. No one should misuse the taser, which is producing excellent results."

Giuseppe Tiani , secretary general of SIAP, agrees: "The taser is not a whim or an illegal device," he explains, "it is an indispensable tool for avoiding physical contact and the use of force, allowing us to neutralize dangerous and violent individuals without resorting to lethal measures. The benefits of its use are widely documented, even internationally."