3 August 2026

A note on method, on limits and on the presumption of innocence

A continuously updated archive. The Bologna prosecutor's investigation is open and entries are added as they emerge.

CRITERION. Documented facts are kept separate from the points under investigation, and those from the buck-passing between institutions, which comes last. Where there are competing versions, both are given, with an indication of who maintains them. Where there is no corroboration, it is stated that there is none. Inferences are flagged as such.

“DOCUMENTED AND UNCONTESTED” does not mean “established in court”: no trial has begun. It means that the fact appears in the record — service reports, official reconstructions by the health authority, footage seized by the prosecutor's office, the text of the ministerial guidelines — and that none of the parties has denied it.

SOURCES. The times come from the Bologna police headquarters and from the official reconstruction by the local health authority, published on 20 and 21 July 2026 by Il Fatto Quotidiano and Sky TG24. Residents' accounts come from La Stampa, la Repubblica Bologna, Il Fatto Quotidiano and BolognaToday. The officers' service report comes from il Resto del Carlino of 22 July. The bodycam images were broadcast by Tg1 on 23 July. The content of the guidelines of the Department of Public Security of 11 May 2026 comes from Sky TG24, Il Post, Today and BolognaToday. Where a story was picked up from a summary, I traced the chain back and cited the original source.

LIMITS. It has not been possible to verify the content of the linked videos one by one: some titles may not match, some footage may have been taken down. Some articles require a subscription. The dates beside the entries in the lists are reconstructed from the event described and may be a day out.

WARNING. Some videos show the last minutes of a person's life.

SAFEGUARDS. None of the six people involved is formally under investigation. Being the subject of preliminary checks is not the same as being under investigation, being under investigation is not the same as being charged, and being charged is not the same as being convicted. This archive gathers public sources and makes no accusations.

Closed as of 3 August 2026.