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Statement of the RI Center For Justice on police killing of Black people: We must say their names
The structural nature of this state-sanctioned killing of Black people is underscored by the refusal of official sources to even collect and publish this information. Since the year 2000 nearly 5,000 identified Black men, women and child...
Representative Williams presents legislative ideas to reduce racism in the wake of George Floyd murder and protests
"...it's time to create a cohesive and unified body to root out those who are proven to be unfit to wear a badge..." Representative Anastasia Williams (Democrat, District 9, Providence) was be joined by dozens of elected officials at a p...
ACLU blasts discriminatory enforcement of Providence’s emergency curfew
“...despite your order’s claim that this draconian curfew was necessary to protect the city’s residents from ‘severe endangerment and harm to their health, safety and property,’ the danger apparently is not severe enough to interfere wit...
DARE Board statement on the murder of George Floyd and civil unrest in Rhode Island
We are tired. We are hurting. We are enraged that little meaningful change has been made in the last 50 years. But we are not going to go away or give up, because that leaves us trapped in this nightmare. We are committed to a vision of...
Workshare is a win for workers, local economies and government budgets
"What would you do with an extra few hundred dollars each week, and a couple of extra days to go out and spend it? Perhaps you would use the cash to support local businesses and purchase big items—activities which help to boost economic...
Over a hundred march against police brutality in Woonsocket
"We wanted to make sure that our Black kids here know that their lives matter, that we weren't going to be silent in the face of a public lynching, and that we were going to stand up for their rights today." Over 100 people peacefully ma...
Providence Democratic Socialists stand against police violence
Rhode Island must drastically change its priorities. We can start by cutting back on the authoritarian police force that so often terrorizes poor, black, and immigrant communities. Providence DSA unequivocally supports the protests again...
ACLU sues Narragansett over unlawful assault and arrest of special education student
"While he was on top of me, he would explain all these different wrestling moves and army moves that he was doing to me. I was crushed by him for what felt like a very long time, and this all started because I was only doing what my teac...
Judge's decision reveals why all Wyatt ICE detainees are being given bail hearings starting tomorrow
"The fact that ... the government has not undertaken any real effort to ascertain the underlying medical conditions of the detainees in this case arguably could [rise] to the level of conduct that is both deliberately indifferent and obj...
ACLU: Curfews likely to lead to discriminatory enforcement by police
"In order to enforce these orders, police will be exercising enormous discretion in deciding which cars to pull over, and which individuals to stop, for possibly being out in violation of the curfew. History, decades of data, and present...