Civil Liberties

Gun Wednesday? Rhode Island House Introduces 24! Second Amendment Bills In Person Testimony Only/No Remote Dial In! Seems Fair, Huh?

Rhode Island House “Gun Day” on Wednesday. 1:00 Afternoon Start. 24 Bills, 4 Days To Read Them.I mean, WTF?   House Bill No. 6616 BY Caldwell, McEntee, Batista, Knight, Cortvriend, Cassar, Amore, Craven, Fogarty, Ajello ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES — WEAPONS {LC3480/1} (Same as 21H-6482 –Prohibits the[Read More…]

by March 25, 2022

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.[Read More…]

by March 25, 2022

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[Read More…]

by March 23, 2022

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[Read More…]

by March 21, 2022

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[Read More…]

by March 20, 2022

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,[Read More…]

by March 19, 2022

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[Read More…]

by March 16, 2022

Mayor Elorza Releases New Update To Providence Covid 19 Policies: Masking/Testing

  Mayor Jorge O. Elorza today announced the City of Providence is updating its COVID-19 policies based on the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Levels, a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. According to the CDC, levels can be low, medium, or high[Read More…]

by March 7, 2022

Barrington Schools Superintendent Releases Updates to BPS COVID-19 Protocols

  Those crazy kids at the Barrington Schools are at it again. As if it’s not enough to have a School Auditorium/AV Team that puts Radio City Music Hall to shame, the Superintendent has released a multi page presentation of its proposed? in-school mask mandate that features production values that[Read More…]

by March 3, 2022

RI Supreme Court Strikes Down Archaic Law Which Declared Inmates Serving Life Sentences “Civilly Dead”

  From Our Interview With Atty DeVoe When The Case Was Originally Filed From The ACLU of Rhode Island: In an important victory for the principle that the courts should be open to all for redress, the Rhode Island Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional an archaic state law enacted over a century-and-a-half[Read More…]

by March 2, 2022