Members of The Rhode Island Black Political Action Committee have reached out to Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. to provide testimony in favor of the 2022 Rhode Island House Bill 7760:  Restrictive Housing At Correctional Facilities Act. As commonly referred to as The Restrictive Housing Act, the legislation would act to: (From www.StopTortureRI.com ) Limit disciplinary confinement[Read More…]

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 sale or transfer of ammunition unless the purchaser successfully undergoes[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]