
Both Rourke and Bartholomew claim the video show Lugo hitting Rourke in the face at the rally. WPRI operated a 24-hour local weather channel under the branding 'Eyewitness News Pinpoint Weather Station', on Cox digital channel 125. WPRI 12 News WPRI.COM is coverage you can count on for local news, weather, sports in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. Rourke’s tweet included footage of the alleged attack, first shared to Twitter by radio and podcast host Bill Bartholomew. Be prepared with the most accurate 10-day forecast for Providence, RI with highs, lows, chance of precipitation from The Weather Channel and. “This is what it is to be a Black woman running for office. Local news, weather and traffic from WPRI 12 covering Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. “Last night, after speaking at our Roe rally, my Republican opponent - a police officer - violently attacked me,” Rourke wrote in a social media post on Saturday. Watch WPRI Providence's WPRI Providence on.

The attack occurred during demonstrations at Smith Hill, where hundreds of people gathered to condemn the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Rhode Island Political Cooperative co-founder Jennifer Rourke, one of Lugo’s Democratic opponents, has since identified herself as the woman he is accused of violently attacking. Lugo, according to police, is a three-year veteran of the force and was off-duty at the time. The Providence Police Department has confirmed that Jeann Lugo, an officer who is also running for Rhode Island Senate as a Republican, was placed on paid leave Saturday morning.


( WPRI) - A police officer in Providence, Rhode Island, has been placed on administrative leave after he reportedly assaulted a woman outside the Rhode Island State House Friday night. WPRI 12 News on is Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts local news, weather, sports, politics, and investigative journalism source.
