An off-duty police officer punched a woman twice in the face at a pro-choice protest in Rhode Island on Friday night.
Jeann Lugo, a Providence cop who was running for a state senate seat as a Republican, slugged Jennifer Rourke, an abortion-rights activist who is running for the same seat as a Democrat, outside the Rhode Island State House in Providence.
The protest was organized after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday morning. It was one of many protests throughout the country.
