PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — In a press conference on Monday, Providence Police Col. Oscar Perez addressed two separate incidents caught on camera in the last week, including one that resulted in an internal affairs investigation.
In the early morning hours of July 5, police made several arrests at a home on West Friendship Street after officers said residents and partygoers refused to comply with several noise complaints.
The incident was publicized after cellphone video of the arrests went viral. In the minute-long video obtained by 12 News, police are seen pulling two people out of the home and then holding a man down, punching him several times…