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The Narragansett Indian smoke shop

 

09/25/2005

ACLU backing tribe in smoke-shop suit
he American Civil Liberties Union and the National Congress of American Indians are backing the Narragansett tribe in challenging the state's raid on a tribal smoke shop.

08/25/2005

Judge overturns verdict against trooper in raid
PROVIDENCE -- Chief U.S. District Judge Ernest C. Torres yesterday overturned a jury's verdict that a state trooper used unreasonable force when he twisted a shop worker's leg during a raid on the Narragansett Indian smoke shop two summers ago.

08/24/2005

Judge overturns verdict against state trooper in smoke-shop case
PROVIDENCE -- A U.S. District Court judge has overturned a jury verdict finding that a Rhode Island state trooper had used excessive force during the Narragansett Indian smoke shop raid two years ago.