Providence police sergeant convicted of assault on handcuffed man
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Providence Police Sgt Joseph Hanley guilty of repeatedly kicking, striking handcuffed suspect in the head
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“All his moves were measured and tactical and designed for police purpose,” says Hanley’s lawyer, Michael Colucci.
These were among the key points that Judge Brian Goldman fielded Friday morning when lawyers delivered their closing arguments at Hanley’s trial in District Court, Providence.
The police sergeant is trying to fend off a charge of simple assault.
Citing video evidence and the statements of witnesses, prosecutors have asserted that the veteran Providence police sergeant assaulted Rishod Gore during his April 19 arrest on a disorderly conduct charge that was later dismissed.
Hanley is accused of kicking Gore twice, once in the side and once in the head, punching Gore, applying his knee to Gore’s head and neck area, and standing on Gore’s lower legs with all of his weight.
PROVIDENCE Wearing a mask lettered with “Black Lives Matter,” a 29-year-old man testified at the trial of a Providence police sergeant Thursday, accusing the veteran of punching him as he lay on the ground in handcuffs and kicking him repeatedly, delivering one blow to his face that made a noise.
The witness, Rishod Gore, also testified that Sgt. Joseph Hanley’s use of words such as “savage” during the encounter evoked a racial animus.
“He was using slurs that were borderline racial,” Gore testified.
Hanley is accused of simple assault. Providence police paved the way for prosecution after they fielded a bystander’s complaint and gathered video, discovering along the way that they had no video from Hanley’s body-worn camera.