(Providence, RI) -- The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office doesn't think charges should be dismissed against a Providence police officer accused of assaulting an arrestee. Sergeant Joseph Hanley was charged with assault after he allegedly punched, kicked and kneeled on the head of Rishod Gore in April. The head of the Providence External Review Authority, the city's police oversight board, decided on his own to release videos of the incident last month. Hanley's attorney argued in Providence District Court on Friday that the publicity around the case due to the video release made it impossible for him to get a fair trial. A hearing date to consider the motion is set for later this month.
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