An Agrigento preliminary
investigations judge (GIP) on Wednesday shelved a case against
former Sea Watch 3 migrant rescue ship skipper Carola Rackete
for allegedly resisting arrest and showing violence against a
warship after she rammed a police boat in landing in defiance
of former interior minister and anti-migrant League chief Matteo
Salvini's closed ports policy in July 2019.
Prosecutors had asked not to pursue the charges against the
33-year-old German and GIP Alessandra Vella concurred,
dismissing them.
Earlier this week another GIP dropped charges of instigation to
commit crimes against far-right League leader Salvini for
allegedly urging violence against Rackete by calling her a
criminal who had tried to kill Italian police by ramming their
boat in defiance of his closed ports policy.
The judge ruled that death threats on social media following
Salvini's criticism of Rackete were not his fault.
But a separate defamation case against Salvini for his
statements against the former Sea Watch 3 commander, whom he
also said was in league with migrant traffickers, is going
forward.
Rackete sued Salvini, 48, for his allegedly defamatory
statements about her.
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