Rally planned against alleged police brutality
Submitted on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 12:45pm
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) - A labor group is planning a rally Sunday to protest a scuffle earlier this month with North Providence police.
Local members of the [Industrial] Workers of the World accuse police of attacking 22-year-old Alexandra Svoboda during a protest outside a restaurant.
Police say Svoboda attacked police officers with drum sticks.
Her knee was badly injured during the scuffle.
Pictures taken by those at the rally show it bent at a grotesque angle.
IWW spokesman Mark Bray says the group wants Attorney General Patrick Lynch to drop all criminal charges against Svoboda and other group members.
They also want him to punish the police.
North Providence police have started an internal probe into the incident.
Lynch says prosecutors from his office and State Police will review the findings.