I'm from Italy and many of you don't even know what are they are talking about. Many of the comments are just a bunch of clichés from haters and morons.

There are different parts in our police, some of them is "civil police" (like Polizia di Stato, or Polizia Municipale) and some other is "military police" (like Esercito Italiano), some both (like Carabinieri). They have diffent goals and tasks to do.

Of course different goals means different tools to achieve it. For example polizia municipale can do things like help scholars cross the road or make a fine to a driver. They don't need to be heavy armed: a stiletto for personal defence will do (if anything is ever needed at all!). They mostly patrol our streets looking for potentially troubling situations but rarely they are involved in "big troubles".

On the other hand, for example, Carabinieri, which actively fight crime and have both tasks of military police and civil police, are heavy armed, and there are little to no woman involved in tough operations (because of less personal strenght).

So I don't see why this is seen as stupid... funny? yes, of course. But we don't use the "manganello" from Mussolini era anymore (unless necessary of course). We can't afford to buy expensive things like stun rods and such because our politicians waste or steal all of our resources.

To all the haters: go **** yourself, as we have a lot of defects, but if you judge us the common people, from the individuals that internationally rapresent us, then you have no idea of what a real Italiano is.