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.
Two men in handcuffs.
In both arrests, Providence police officers felt the need to apply greater force over their restrained prisoner.
In the first matter, a cuffed man who repeatedly refused to get into a police cruiser drew a squirt of pepper spray. The officers moved on with their careers.
In the other matter, however, a Providence police sergeant, Joseph Hanley, has been accused of kicking and punching the detainand charged with assault.
The differences between the two situations, big and small, were the focus of lawyers on both sides of the case Thursday in District Court, Providence.
The analysis has been enriched by a collection of video captured by the “body-worn” cameras of Providence police officers. The video also includes cellphone footage captured by a woman who described herself as a “nosy” observer.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called on Providence Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Paré and Police Chief Hugh Clements to take a more aggressive stance on holding officers accountable for violating body camera policies.
ACLU of Rhode Island’s Executive Director, Steven Brown, called the problem “persistent” and “one that severely undermines the transparency the Department is seeking to promote.”
The urge for stronger action cited “repeated instances of police failing to activate their body cameras in high profile encounters with the public.”
The ACLU said they filed a request with the department last year, which revealed 20 body camera violations over a two-and-a-half-year period.