http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/f343d67260e714be https://verfassungsblog.de/italy-protests-criminal-law/ The Crowd as Suspect - A Manzonian Reading of Italy’s Recent Protests and Security Decrees Cama, Vittorio eng 2026-11-04 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Criminal Law Italy Protest Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 After the October 2026 riots in Milan, Italy’s government took only four days to pass a new security decree. Organisers now face up to twelve years in prison, longer than those who throw the stones. In 1628, Manzoni’s Milan answered its bread riots with „a little fear“. The new law does the same and treats the whole crowd as a suspect.