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RI State Senator Tiara Mack (pictured) is the bill's primary sponsor. Community groups and Rhode Island lawmakers are calling for a full repeal of the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights (LEOBOR). A press conference, led by the "Providence Mayor's African Ambassadors Group," is taking place on Thursday at 11 a.m. in front of the Providence Public Safety complex. "Rishod Gore [was a] victim of felony assault when he was kicked and had his face crushed into concrete by Sgt. Joseph Hanley, a 17 year veteran of the force who was charged and found guilty of simple assault," said the group. "T...

The Providence Journal The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island wants the Providence Police Department to more vigorously audit officers to make sure they’re actually turning on their body cameras.  Executive Director Steven Brown cited multiple high-profile instances where officers neglected to turn them on when they were supposed to. “The body camera policy is regularly flouted, violations are rarely punished, and the transparency these cameras are supposed to provide the public is undermined,” Brown wrote in a letter Friday addressed to Providence Public Safety Commissione...