(Providence, RI) -- The verdict is "guilty" for a Providence police sergeant charged with misdemeanor assault. Joseph Hanley was convicted by Providence District Court Judge Brian Goldman on Thursday and was ordered to serve one year of probation and to complete anger management classes, despite the state's recommendation of one year at the ACI. Judge Goldman found that Hanley's actions against Rishod Gore, a man he was arresting in the capital city in April 2020, were unnecessary, including a kick to Gore's head. Hanley denied doing that at his trial, and the videos of the arrest don't show that action as clearly as the rest of what happened. Hanley testified the other measures he took were "compliance strikes".
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