Davide Cesare

This resulted in new riots with several people being injured, damage to police cars, and the emergency department suspending all activities for the whole night.

Cesare's death and the following trial had a wide political resonance in far-left circles, both in Italy and abroad.

This was partly because the Italian media initially portrayed the events as a "riot between young dissidents" and, according to some sources,[1] deliberately misrepresented Cesare's death as "a consequence of anti-globalization violence".

[3] Giorgio Morbi, father of Federico and Mattia, was also judged guilty of attempted murder for beating a companion of Cesare on the same night.

[2][4] One of the lawyers that represented the family of Cesare in the trial was Giuliano Pisapia, who would later become Mayor of Milan (assumed office on June 1, 2011).