PROVIDENCE As the nation grapples with a string of deadly shootings by police including the March 29 shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Chicago Rhode Island lawmakers are grappling with the state s own law for disciplining and weeding out bad cops.
At one end of the debate is freshman Sen. Tiara Mack, posting on Facebook: This has been an incredibly hard week emotionally, physically, mentally. One thing I have learned is that we need to ABOLISH the police. Not reform. Not defund. Abolish.
But other R.I. lawmakers spent close to four hours in the last week debating the right balance.
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