‘I don’t feel like it’s getting better’: BLM RI reflects on anniversary of Providence riot
June 1, 2021 4:29 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – It’s been one year since chaos broke out in Providence that rocked the city’s downtown. Storefronts were vandalized, the Providence Place Mall was looted, and a police cruiser was set ablaze during a riot that ended with 65 people arrested, just a handful from out of town.
On the anniversary of the riot, the leader of Black Lives Matter Rhode Island sat down with ABC6 to reflect on the events.
“I have mixed feelings about it. Tearing up the city’s not one of them, peace and solidarity is one of them that we look for as community leaders. But I also understand the other flip side of being African American in America,” said Brother Gary Dantzler, founder of BLM RI.