The City of Fall River has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle an excessive force lawsuit against a former problem police officer, who has now cost the city over $400,000 in settlements to resolve various police brutality cases. The settlement resolves a federal lawsuit filed by David LaFrance, a Fall River resident who accused former […]
Michael Pessoa
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Fall River police abuse allegations, building a Latino community at RIC, and more
A new investigation into a former Fall River police officer reveals flaws within the department’s internal affairs process. We talk with South Coast Bureau Reporter Ben Berke about some key takeaways from his report. And when José Gonzalez came to Rhode Island College in the 1970s, he felt like an outsider – we hear how that experience led him to create the Latin American Student Organization. Also, we give our review of the latest show at Trinity Rep: A dark comedy about a modern-day descendent of a woman executed during the Salem Witch Trials. Plus, the latest in politics, and a few things to do this week.
