PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Protesters gathered on the steps of the State House Tuesday morning to decry gun violence in the wake of a school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead.Among the crowd were a retired flight attendant, a retired Hospice nurse and a retired Providence schoolteacher.Well, in fact, those three women from Warwick were the entire crowd.The protest was almost an act of desperation, just trying to do something — anything — to stop [...]
R.i. Gun Violence Protest: "we Just Had To Do Something"
Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal
Tue, 02/20/2018 - 8:40am
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Topics: Rhode Island Providence County Providence
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