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It's The Most Wonderful Night O' The Year! It's Gun Night At Halitosis Hall

It’s The Most Wonderful Night O’ The Year! It’s Gun Night At Halitosis Hall

And A Friday Afternoon Data Dump To Boot! For You Educational Purposes … The Coalition will be reaching out to “both sides of da aisle” for the purposes of discussion. Scroll through, there are 5 pages here … A summary, in PDF form, than hotlinks to each piece of legislation. Summary   Senate Bill No. 2116 BY Archambault, Burke ENTITLED,[Read More…]

by March 25, 2022 3 comments Civil Liberties

Officer Dolan Update: Revocation of No Contact Plus! Police Reports & 46G’s

Note: The first 2 minutes are muted, as we set up, while formalities were observed. It was a hectic day at The Kent County Courthouse, as a flurry of motions successfully sought to terminate the No Contact Order between alleged Pawtucket Police Shooter Daniel Dolan and his family, established on Monday March 21, in the wake of alleged domestic abuse.[Read More…]

by March 23, 2022 1 comment Civil Liberties
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien Responds To Officer Dolan LEOBOR Status

Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien Responds To Officer Dolan LEOBOR Status

In response to a request for comment from The Coalition Radio Network, Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien responded with the following statement: “The City of Pawtucket and the Pawtucket Police Department were made aware that Officer Daniel Dolan, who is currently suspended without pay from the Pawtucket Police Department, was arrested in Coventry, RI on Friday. Under the Rhode Island Law[Read More…]

by March 21, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
Human Rights Watch Today Ukraine:

Human Rights Watch Today Ukraine:

Ukraine: Deadly Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians, Destroy Homes Explosive Weapons Leave People Dead, Wounded, Homeless; Damage Vital Infrastructure More than 450 civilians were reportedly killed or injured in the first 11 days of the war, in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, as a result of Russian airstrikes and artillery shelling of populated areas, Human Rights Watch said today. The attacks damaged civilian buildings,[Read More…]

by March 20, 2022 0 comments Human Rights - The World
Confirmation: Pawtucket Policeman Dolan Spending Sunday At The ACI!

Confirmation: Pawtucket Policeman Dolan Spending Sunday At The ACI!

With details still at a minimum, as law enforcement sources are citing weekend hours, Officer Dolan is now taking up residence at the Adult Correctional Institute in Cranston. It would appear that a bail violation has been filed, eliminating the possibility that a Justice of the Peace or Bail Bondsman would have able to provide bail at this time. We[Read More…]

by March 20, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties
Flash! Accused Shooter/Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan Rearrested!

Flash! Accused Shooter/Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan Rearrested!

The Coalition has confirmed that accused student shooter, Pawtucket Police Officer Daniel Dolan has been arrested on what is being referred to as a “Domestic Disorderly Conduct Charge”, and is currently being detained. Attempts to reach his Attorney, Michael Colucci, were unsuccessful. The Coventry Police Department were unwilling to comment, citing weekend availability of public information staff. Dolan,  previously charged[Read More…]

by March 19, 2022 1 comment Civil Liberties
Providence Mayoral Candidate Nirva LaFortune Issues Statement & Video

Providence Mayoral Candidate Nirva LaFortune Issues Statement & Video

Providence City Council Member Nirva LaFortune has waded into the broader phase of the 2022 Providence, Rhode Island Mayoral Campaign with gusto, issuing a video which evokes the broader themes of her candidacy. From The Nirva LaFortune Mayoral Campaign: Today, Team Nirva is releasing a new campaign video “Running: For Our City, Our Future.” As a runner, Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune[Read More…]

by March 17, 2022 0 comments Politics
BLM RI PAC, Rebuild Woonsocket, The WATCH Coalition, Silence is Violence: 401, the RI Queer PAC, and Woonsocket Community Leaders make Joint Statement Following Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt’s Proposed Negligent Spending of Over One-Third of City’s ARPA Funds

BLM RI PAC, Rebuild Woonsocket, The WATCH Coalition, Silence is Violence: 401, the RI Queer PAC, and Woonsocket Community Leaders make Joint Statement Following Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt’s Proposed Negligent Spending of Over One-Third of City’s ARPA Funds

On March 15th, it was announced that Woonsocket Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt had submitted a request to the City Council to go out to bid for a $26,000,000 “public safety complex,” the funding for which would include over one-third of the city’s roughly $36 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. As a diverse, working-class city, Woonsocket has been[Read More…]

by March 16, 2022 0 comments Civil Liberties

Rhode Island Governor McKee Goes Electric! Sort Of? Announces Electric Vehicle Rebate Program To Significant Concerns

Governor Dan McKee  & “Energy Commissioner” Nicholas Ucci announced a rather flawed, poorly thought out, almost cartoonish trial balloon kind of Electric Vehicle Rebate Program today. Long on flash, (It’s got the requisite snappy gub’ment name DRIVEEV … Get it? Drive EV) but short on specifics, the announcement seemed more “Campaignish” that an attempt at a serious policy initiative. And[Read More…]

by March 15, 2022 0 comments Politics
Human Rights Watch Today: Russia: Brutal Arrests & Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters

Human Rights Watch Today: Russia: Brutal Arrests & Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters

  Thousands Arrested on March 6; Protesters Abused in Detention From Human Rights Watch: Russian authorities have arbitrarily arrested thousands of peaceful protesters at anti-war rallies across Russia, in line with their increasingly brutal crackdown on those who disagree with Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. The police used excessive force against protesters while detaining them and, in[Read More…]

by March 9, 2022 0 comments Human Rights - The World