A captain at a Rhode Island detention facility has been placed on administrative leave after he drove a truck toward a line of protesters outside it
The incident Wednesday night was captured on video. Five demonstrators were hospitalized, according to the group that organized the protest, Never Again Action, which describes itself as a collection of Jewish people and their allies protesting ICE and the government's treatment of migrants.Dozens of people had showed up to protest the contract between ICE and the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, the activists' news release said.
The crowd chants,"You support genocide -- Nazi, Nazi, you can't hide."The group said two people were hospitalized after being hit by the truck, but the video does not show those injuries."Two people were treated for injuries from the truck, including 64-year-old Jerry Belair, who suffered a fractured leg and internal bleeding," organizer Amy Anthony told CNN in an email.
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