Mack Blackie Archives - TPR: The Public's Radio

Mack Blackie (center) with William Grover and his wife, Veronica Higbie, outside the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence, in February 2023.

The Weekly Catch: Politics, poetry, and the uphill battle to tackle the housing crisis in RI

by Mareva Lindo, James Baumgartner and Luis Hernandez May 26, 2023January 30, 2024

House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on the housing crisis in Rhode Island: “I recognized from the very beginning it would be a multi-year effort.”

A Woonsocket police detective is disciplined for his mishandling of the Mack Blackie case.

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Woonsocket officer disciplined for wrongful arrest of homeless Liberian immigrant

by Lynn Arditi May 22, 2023January 9, 2024

A Woonsocket police detective who oversaw an investigation that resulted in the wrongful arrest and incarceration of Mack Blackie, a 35-year-old homeless Liberian immigrant, has been suspended without pay for 10 days and demoted to patrol officer. Timothy M. Hammond “failed to follow standard investigative procedures which ultimately led to the improper arrest of Mr. […]

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