Providence city council members said their city was being terrorized by ATVs and dirt bikes who were taking advantage of the police department’s “no chase” policy that forbade cops from engaging in high speed pursuits.
On Sunday, a video surfaced showing a Providence cop pursuing a man on a scooter before ѕтгɪᴋɪпɡ him with his patrol car, leaving the man critically injured.
Police say they were only trying to reclaim their town which has been getting swarmed with dozens of bikers who violate countless traffic laws since August.
But now they may have bigger problems on their hands because it is still not clear what the man did to merit getting struck by the patrol car.
The video shows Jhamal Gonsalves, 24, was making a right-hand turn with a cop following him when he was ѕтгᴜᴄᴋ. Gonsalves was sent flying, landing on the sidewalk where several cops pounced on him
One cop then threatened to arrest the man recording if he did not move to the sidewalk. That same cop then denied they ѕтгᴜᴄᴋ Gonsalves with the car.
Watch the video below:
