One way to effect change is from the inside. If you think that law enforcement has gotten way off track, then get in there and become the cop that you would want to see coming to help you. The Providence Police Department is currently recruiting for entry-level police officers, so lets get more minorities, people …
(10.22) In response to recent events, city councilman David Salvatore has organized a community meeting hoping to answer questions and address concerns about the police response. (Facebook event.) Please join Councilor David A. Salvatore, Lieutenant David Allen, the Nonviolence Institute, and Elected Officials for a discussion around public safety, and what we can do as …
A recent comment expressed concern that we here at The Dose have prioritized property damage over the issue of police brutality against people of color. I thought I had made myself clear last Friday on the horrific murder of George Floyd, and the years of minority oppression preceding that event. We stand against the systemic …
This is not the business end of this law enforcement professional — crowd control is generally effected by a backing-up maneuver. Feel free, however, to greet both horse and rider from the front. Hoolie is a sweetheart as is Officer Nichols, his partner of many years. Although they are both totally badass, make no mistake! …
In a stunning act of shortsighted greed and stupidity, the Providence police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, has voted to support the mayoral candidacy of Buddy Cianci who once spent 4.5 years in federal prison for running a criminal enterprise from Providence City Hall. How does the union think this looks to the world? …
“Once a town gets a SWAT Team, you want to use it.” Radley Balko — who writes on criminal justice, the drug war, and civil liberties for The Washington Post — was speaking to Slate about his recent book “The Rise of the Warrior Cop: the Militarization of America’s Police Forces.” And what happened in …
Oh to be a fly on the wall in this building. The mood within the walls of the Esserman home is just too awful to contemplate. Surely this one goes into the ‘Facebook Hall of Fame’ under the “you will never ever hear the end of this young lady” division. (Each Esserman sibling just got …