Police dragged through mud by 'useless' ECRI - Salvini

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 22 - Deputy Premier, Transport Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini on Tuesday blasted the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) as "useless" after it accused the Italian police of racial profiling, with particular regard to Roma and people of African origin, in a report.
    "Women and men in uniform have been shamelessly attacked by ECRI, a useless body in part paid for with the taxes of Italian citizens," said Salvini on social media.
    "The League will propose saving this money and allocating it to health care instead of dragging our police forces through the mud.
    "If these gentlemen like Roma people and illegal immigrants so much, let them all take them to their homes in Strasbourg".
    (ANSA).