EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley made national headlines earlier this week after calling a controversial mural “divisive.”
Smiley joined Kim Kalunian on 12 News at 4 Wednesday to talk more about the mural, as well as other prominent issues in the city.
“There’s nothing we should be doing to take away from the tragedy and loss of life that was represented here,” Smiley told 12 News, referring to the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was killed on public transit in North Carolina last year…