PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two people have been arrested outside a Providence courthouse during a demonstration calling for a moratorium on housing evictions.
About a dozen people attended the Friday morning protest outside the Garrahy Judicial Complex downtown.
The Providence Journal reported the two were arrested as the group tried to enter the courthouse.
A male juvenile was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and a 26-year-old woman was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction because she tried to interfere in the juvenile’s arrest.
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo said this week she’s considering imposing an eviction moratorium.