PROVIDENCE, R.I. — More than a hundred demonstrators packed the City Council chambers on Thursday to protest what they said has been City Council inaction on a 2014 profiling/police oversight ordinance, but city officials claimed that though the council hasn’t voted, progress has been made.About 10 minutes before Thursday’s council meeting was to start, the demonstrators filed into the chamber, filling the room and taking the seats reserved for the council members.
Protesters Call On Providence City Council To Act On Proposed Racial Profiling Ordinance
John Hill, The Providence Journal
Mon, 07/25/2016 - 4:45pm
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