When police in Rhode Island wrongfully arrest someone without charges, the RI Attorney General’s office says the public does not have the right to know.
Civil rights advocates say that ruling opens the door for secret arrests and abuse.
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The decision means police could “break into your house, wrongfully arrest you and never have to explain themselves,” said the executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition.
