Siena, a night with the police cars: “Boys climb over, run”
Siena, November 2, 2021 – «They reported someone who climbed over to the Palazzetto del Costone “, communicates the operations room of the police headquarters to the Volanti. E the quiet evening suddenly comes alive. There are a few minutes to 23. The machines turn on the flashing lights because there is an intervention in progress. It is not (yet) an emergency, otherwise the siren would have gone off. The patrols of which The Nation followed the work. In a few minutes I am already in Montarioso in front of the building. The scheme is tested: one stands in front of the entrance to the plant, colleagues take their torches and climb the ladders, checking. Swallowed by the dark as families and children celebrating Halloween in the café opposite watch the agents come and go from the facility. “Only two windows open to allow the air change”, the agents reassure the manager of the Volanti Camisa. The doors are firmly closed: no one has to steal. Alarm returned but it is better to check also on the back which is accessed from the Siena-Florence. Dark and secluded place where you can easily get there by car. Car comings and goings have been noticed in the past. Even if there is no one, that’s okay. Citizens should call law enforcement if they notice anything odd.
As singular as that boy with the backpack sought after by the late afternoon. because he had approached the customers of a club in the center, who were also seated at the outside tables, and accredited himself as a controller. He asked for the green pass even if, as is well known, there would be no need for it if he stayed outside. It is strictly mandatory for those who consume inside. People showed it to him anyway, without thinking about it. Too bad no one had authorized it. Le Volanti had to come to terms with it: said, done. In the end it was just a joke but trendy, given the times.
The train station, here is another goal. Unusually deserted after midnight. Nobody sleeping inside, on the benches. We have to wait for the cold, then maybe there will be a queue to take the covered seat. One could come someone who will never come. He gives the impression of waiting for the agents to leave to settle down in some hidden corner. Meanwhile, in the dark, there are those who flee to the upper external square of ‘Porta Siena’: dark and away from prying eyes but the policemen know that they must be looked at there. No one on the tracks, a FlixiBus arrives and some girls with trolleys get off. A young man is stopped outside the station lift. Checks: documents, what’s inside the backpack. A policeman lights up with a flashlight. Some Chinese also arrive, the others are Pakistanis. The ‘group’ with the agents goes on for a long time. And when the group breaks up, the appointment is only postponed: the case will go to the administrative police for further checks from the housing point of view. A vigilante, meanwhile, greets the patrols and slips into the slope that leads to the Antiport. Often someone lies there and sleeps, the stairs are walked to the top but on Halloween night at 1 am there are no holes.
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