Jeann Lugo, who was seeking the GOP nomination to run for the same state senate seat, said he was 'not going to deny' the punching allegation, but added that 'everything happened very fast.'
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A Rhode Island police officer accused of punching a woman at an abortion protest while he was off-duty has now been charged in connection with Friday's demonstration at the State House.
Jennifer Rourke, the chair of the progressive Rhode Island Political Cooperative seeking the Democratic nomination for a state Senate seat, said she had been punched in the face at least twice by Lugo, who - at the time - was running for the GOP nomination for the same seat. In a call with The Associated Press on Saturday, Rourke said that as she was attempting to escort a counterprotester who had agreed to leave off the premises, another physical altercation broke out during which she was punched in the face multiple times.State police say Lugo turned himself in Saturday, was arraigned before a justice of the peace and then released.
Rourke told the AP she had never interacted with Lugo before and did not know he would be at the protest.
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