Well, Italians aren't just very patient at organising - so police will deal with those situations more impulsively:

"Once arrested, protesters, including five Britons, were taken to a police barracks where they were beaten again, sprayed with asphyxiating gas, threatened with rape and forced to sing fascist-era songs."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/12/night-police-be...