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Link to originalSupporters on both sides of the Atlantic saw Bresci as a noble, pure, and selfless avenging executioner who exacted retributive justice for the victims of state violence. In Italy, during the weeks and months following the assassination, the cry “Viva Bresci” reverberated in all forms of public gatherings and was scrawled on walls across the country. By some accounts close to 2,700 people — only a few of them anarchists, comprising all social classes, from peasants, artisans, and shopkeepers to priests, soldiers, and even some aristocrats — were tried for expressing their support for Bresci in one form or another.