Q&A: Steven Pare on Joseph Santos, deadly use of force by police officers
In the wake of the death of Joseph Santos, who was shot at by Providence and State police officers more than 40 times for ramming his pickup truck into a car in an attempt to elude capture, Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare gave an exclusive interview, via email, to RI Future. How confident are […]
Police shot and killed a man, Rhode Island still doesn’t know why
Rhode Island police officers shot and killed a man and wounded a woman in a pickup truck on Interstate 95 near downtown Providence Thursday. It remains unclear why officers shot at the pair in the pickup, or to what extent the incident was related to a stolen police car earlier that morning. State Police Col. […]
RI state police force gets even whiter
There are 27 new state police troopers this year and 93% of them are white men. There is only one Hispanic man and only one women among the new officers and not one African American.
PVD7: Interview with Ferguson protester CBattle
“Our deliverance starts with us. In my opinion we must refine ourselves first, in order that we may prepare for a society without chaos, one that is not reactionary but stationary.”
Video: New voices at the State Police community outreach forum
Last night’s “New Beginnings Community Outreach Forum: A Follow-Up to the Ferguson Decision” at the South Providence Recreation Center was an attempt by the RI State Police and the Providence Police Department to reach out and establish a dialog with community groups in the wake of protests held here in response to racial profiling and […]
Racial disparity in discretionary searches is up among PVD, state police
Racial disparities in Rhode Island traffic searches that don’t end in arrest increased have steadily increased for Providence and state police, according to an ACLU analysis of traffic stop data released earlier this year. “This most recent analysis indicates that the racial disparities in discretionary searches are not only continuing, but in many cases increasing,” […]
State Police to host Ferguson forum in South Providence
The Rhode Island State Police are hosting in South Providence on Monday night what a press release called a ““New Beginnings Community Outreach Forum: A Follow-Up to the Ferguson Decision.” According to the press release, “The forum will address the recent issues surrounding the grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City and […]
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