A young woman who kissed a riot cop’s helmet during a protest in Italy has been charged with sexual assault.
Nina De Chiffre is a 20-year-old student who was protesting a planned railway expansion in Northern Italy.
At the demonstration, she kissed the police officer’s helmet. The police union filed a complaint, and she has been charged with “sexual violence” and causing “offence to a public official.”
Protesters have a long history of such “crimes” in response to militarized police, of course. In addition to kisses, they’ve sometimes given flowers.