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03/30/2005

State police: Trooper didn't use excessive force in raid
PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island State Police and the attorney general's office continued to consider yesterday whether the state will appeal a federal jury's verdict awarding $301,100 to a worker at the Narragansett Indian smoke shop.

03/28/2005

Jury: Trooper used excessive force in smoke-shop raid
PROVIDENCE -- A federal jury today found that state Trooper Kenneth Jones used excessive force when he twisted a Narragansett Indian's ankle until it broke during a 2003 raid on a tribal smoke-shop.

03/25/2005

Indians' lawsuit going to jury
PROVIDENCE -- State police detectives Ken Bell and Staci Shepherd were working undercover inside the Narragansett Indian smoke shop July 14, 2003. They wore jeans and T-shirts, and carried guns. They asked workers about cigarette brands and when the next shipment would come in.

03/24/2005

Legislators argue over exemptions in smoking ban
PROVIDENCE -- The ongoing fight between House Speaker William J. Murphy's Democratic leadership and a group of dissidents played out in a bizarre skirmish last night regarding the state's new smoking ban.

03/23/2005

Judge drops some claims in smoke-shop suit
PROVIDENCE -- Chief U.S. District Judge Ernest C. Torres today dismissed all but eight claims filed against seven state troopers involved in the July 14, 2003, raid on the Narragansett Indian smoke shop.

03/23/2005

Witness tells how his ankle broke
PROVIDENCE -- Adam Jennings was plagued by sleepless nights after the state police raided the Narragansett Indian Tribe's smoke shop almost two years ago. Again and again he recalled his forehead being forced into the dirt and the circumstances surrounding his ankle being broken, he told a 10-member jury yesterday in U.S. District Court.

03/22/2005

Smoke-shop suit customer testifies about raid
PROVIDENCE -- A customer of the Narragansett Indian smoke shop testified in federal court today that he watched as state police broke tribal member Adam Jennings' ankle.

03/21/2005

Civil rights lawsuit over smoke-shop raid begins
PROVIDENCE - When state police shut down the Narragansett Indians' smoke shop in July 2003 and clashed with tribe members, Adam Jennings ended up with a broken ankle.