The Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association (RIPCA) announced on Tuesday it wants to draw attention to what is says are "several public health and safety holes in the legislation that, as drafted could result in immediate detrimental effects for Rhode Isl
31 Dec 2020
The police chief who stood back and did nothing as Black Lives Matter activists ripped down a historic statue in Bristol, England, during lockdown has received a medal in the New Year Honours.
Superintendent Andy Bennet was in charge of the response or non-response to BLM activists pouring into the streets of Bristol despite a national lockdown to topple a 125-year-old bronze of Edward Colston (1636–1721), a figure once revered as a great Christian philanthropist, responsible for endowing many almshouses, schools, and other charitable institutions, who has now been transformed into a hate figure for his then-unremarkable business links to the slave trade.