BLM RI PAC rallies against LEOBoR in the wake of police videos showing violent arrests

What the Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights (LEOBoR) does is “it prevents officers from being held accountable,” said Harrison Tuttle, Executive Director of the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island PAC at a rally outside the Providence Public Safety Complex Friday evening. “What’s going in Providence right now is that we’re seeing our youth being pepper sprayed… our youth being punched and spit on…”

The rally was held in response to Providence Police body worn camera footage released on Wednesday that documented the arrests of three juveniles after a high speed chase through several Rhode Island cities and towns. In the videos officers can be seen violently assaulting the children, with one officer apparently spitting on one of the juveniles in rage.

“Anyone who has a job knows that if you do something wrong – if you spit on a coworker, punch a coworker, just swear at a coworker, even if you make a dirty look in some places – you are reprimanded,” noted Tuttle. “Held accountable. You’re fired. You lose your job. You lose your income. You lose your health insurance.”

Tuttle also asked why the state legislature, after the summer of protest last year and the murder of George Floyd, hasn’t passed any kind of police accountability act for police officers.

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