Carabiniere by the Pantheon

While visiting the Pantheon today I witnessed the interaction between the Carabiniere and the men who stand around the area selling purses, sunglasses, belts, wallets, and watches. Walking into the Pantheon I could see them all lined up in the area trying to sell their goods and everything was set neatly out on the ground. They were all chatting with one another and trying to lure potential customers in by repeating “special price” to every passerby. I then noticed two Carabiniere roll in the area on their motorcycles and this put all the men trying to sell their goods in a frenzy. They quickly folded up their sunglasses display, shoved their belts into suitcases, and loaded up each of their arms with as many purses as they could carry. The funny thing is that they did not leave the area they just stood around in hopes the police would leave. To my surprise I did not see and of the police take action to arrest the mean or even tell them to get lost. They did stick around in the area until most of the vendors trickled away from the heavily populated area.