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Off-duty officer charged after assaulting woman during protest in Providence, police say.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — An off-duty Providence police officer has been charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct at an abortion rally at the State House Friday night.

Providence police identified that officer to ABC 6 News as Jeann Lugo, a three-year veteran of the force.

She told police Lugo did not say anything during the assault, but fled after the third punch.

In a tweet Saturday, police said that the investigation stemmed from the behavior of the off-duty police officer at a protest.

“The Providence Police Department is criminally investigating the behavior of an off-duty Providence Police Officer last evening during a protest at the Rhode Island State House where a female subject was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the department wrote in a statement.

@_HarrisonTuttle with @blmripac releasing this statement on off-duty police officer assaulting State Senate Candidate Jennifer Rourke — pic.twitter.com/EP5lIn3DaK — DOMINIQUE TURNER (@DomTurnerABC6) June 25, 2022. »

Gun school: America's latest answer to mass shootings - arm the teacher

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Attendees are told to bring along their own 9mm autoloader, a gun belt and at least 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, parents of students who survived told me they wanted to see teachers armed.

During the exercise at the “shoot house”, Laura neutralised the gunman, but she also shot a colleague. »

'Impeach Justice Clarence Thomas' Petition Passes 230K Signatures

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A petition calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has now passed 230,000 signatures, amid growing controversy about his wife.

The MoveOn petition calls for Justice Thomas to either resign or be impeached and it has been live for at least two months.

Justice Thomas is the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court and only one justice has ever been impeached, Samuel Chase in 1805, though he was acquitted by the Senate. »

Ginni Thomas left a voicemail for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment

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Ginni Thomas left a voicemail for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing her husband of sexual harassment.

Nearly 20 years after her husband was confirmed to the Supreme Court, Ginni Thomas left a voicemail for Anita Hill asking her to apologize for accusing Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.

On October 9, 2010, Anita Hill, then a lawyer and professor at Brandeis University, received a voicemail on her office line, People reported, from the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. »