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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...

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 o...

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 pr...

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...

Though the victim refused to testify, a district court judge said the videos submitted were “sufficient evidence” for the trial to continue.