Former Providence police recruit sues department, claiming race discrimination

PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island on Aug. 18 filed a federal lawsuit charging the Providence Police Department with race discrimination in its treatment of a Black recruit who was dismissed last year from the police academy just a few weeks before graduation. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on

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