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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 With a lawyer prone on the floor, in the well of the courtroom, Providence police Sgt. Joseph Hanley put on a handcuffing demonstration Friday morning.
He demonstrated what he describes as “compliance strikes” on his lawyer’s partner, Michael Prew, who once played fullback for the University of Rhode Island.
Hanley is accused of kicking and punching a man who was in handcuffs during an arrest on Tell Street in April 2020.
The defendant told the court that the man, Rishod Gore, had resisted efforts to maneuver him for a search.
The demonstration, with jackets off, came on the fifth day of Hanley s trial before Judge Brian Goldman in District Court, Providence.
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.
Rhode Island Special Assistant Michael S. McCabe hands a photo to Patrolman Abraham Lugo to inspect during Thursday s continuation of the trial of Providence police Sgt. Joseph Hanley at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence. Hanley is accused assaulting a handcuffed man in April.Kris Craig/Pool
PROVIDENCE â A Providence patrolman testified Thursday that he had Rishod Gore handcuffed and under control on the evening of April 19 when his sergeant suddenly kicked Gore.
âYou good? You got what you wanted, right?â Sgt. Joseph Hanley said, out of breath, to Gore, who was facedown on the pavement, his hands cuffed behind his back.