(Providence, RI)--More than a dozen arrests were made in connection to a protest that took place in Providence on Tuesday night following a moped crash over the weekend.Authorities are investigating if the moped operator, Jhamal Gonsalves, was hit by a marked police car on Elmwood Avenue as police were responding to a reported large group of illegal vehicles riding in the streets.One officer reportedly suffered minor injuries after being hit by an object as last night's rally settled at the city's public safety complex.Reports indicate family members of Gonsalves, who is in a coma, had called for no violence at the demonstration organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
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