Corrections officer believed to be the man who drove into a crowd of ICE protesters in Rhode Island has been placed on leave.
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Video of the incident caught by protesters shows a man in uniform driving a pick-up truck into a crowd of demonstrators, slowing down, and then driving through the human-chain the protesters had formed in the parking lot of the facility on Wednesday night.a growing movement of Jewish organizers calling for the end of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention
On Thursday, the Rhode Island attorney general’s office said in a statement that it is working with Rhode Island State Police to investigate the event.
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