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Two Arrested During Statehouse Gatherings On Saturday

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Two people participating in a counter-protest to a right-wing rally at the Rhode Island Statehouse on Saturday were arrested, according to police. One was a 34-year-old Massachusetts man who police said threw fecal matter – likely left by a Providence Policeman’s horse -- at a state trooper. Andrew St. Jean, of Gill, Mass., was charged with felony assault and disorderly conduct. Police also arrested Alex Carrion, also 34, of Providence. Police said Carrion hit another man with an unknown object while inside the Providence Place Mall, where rally participants had parked. According to a spokeswoman for Ocean State Against Hate, the group which organized the counter-protest, the two people arrested were at the Statehouse in opposition to the right-wing rally. Samson Racioppi, of Massachusetts, said in an interview that he was the man assaulted in the mall. He said the assault occurred after he participated in the demonstration with a right-wing group which states on its website that it

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