The City of Woonsocket has agreed to pay $550,000 to settle a lawsuit by the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Civil ...

Mack Blackie was arrested and detained twice for a home break-in he did not commit in 2022, according to the American Civil ...

Mack Blackie won a $550,000 settlement in a lawsuit against Woonsocket over his wrongful arrest and detention.

The lawsuit, filed last October in U.S. District Court against Woonsocket police officer Timothy Hammond and the City of ...

The city of Woonsocket has agreed to pay a $550,000 settlement for wrongfully arresting a city resident twice.

Mack Blackie spent a month in jail before the victims of a break-in realized police had arrested the wrong perpetrator.

Two years ago, Mack Blackie was unlawfully arrested and detained twice, charged, and spent a month in jail before exoneration. “All I want is for justice to be done,” Blackie told 12 News.