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WEBVTT SHOOTING ON I-95.AS NEWSCENTER 5'S DAVID BIENICKREPORTS THE PROTESTERS REFUSE TOACCEPT POLICE CLAIMS THAT THESHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED.DAVID TWO DOZEN PEOPLE MARCHED: TO PROVIDENCE POLICEHEADQUARTERS.UPSET ABOUT THURSDAY'S POLISHOOTING ON A HIGHWAY ON-RAMPTHAT KILLED JOSEPH SANTOS ANDCRITICALLY WOUNDED HISGIRLFRIEND CHRISTINE DEMERS.POLICE SAY 5 PROVIDENCE POLICEOFFICERS AND 4 RHODE ISLANDSTATE POLICE TROOPERS FIRED 40ROUNDS INTO SANTO'S PICKUPPROVIDENCE POLICE SAY THEY WEREJUSTIFIED BEASE AFTER THEYCHASED SANTO INTO STOPPEDTRAFFIC HE STARTED SLAMMING THEPICKUP INTO OTHER CARS.SANTOS HAD TWO OUTSTANDINGARREST WARRANTHIS SISTER TELLS NEWSCENTER 5 HEPROBABLY FLED FROM POLICEBECAUSE HIS LICENSE WASSUSPENDED.SHE SAYS TRAFFIC AND BODY CAMERAVIDEO ONLY SHOWS SANTOS TRYINGTO GET AWAPROVIDENCE POLICE ONLY RECENTLYBEGAN WEARING BODY CAMERAS.OF THE FIVE OFFICER SHOT, ONLYONE HAD A CAMERA THAT WASRECORDING.POLICE SAY THEY INITIALLY TRIEDTO PULL OVER THE PICKUP BECAUSETHEY THOUGHT IT MIGHT CARRYING DONALD MORGAN AN INMATEWHO TWO HOURS EARLIER HADALLEGEDLY STOLEN A STATE POLICECRUISER.MORGAN IS NOW BACK IN CUSTODY,ALONG WITH TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OFHIDING HIM.AN AUTOPSY NEXT WEEK WILL LIKELYSHOW HOW MANY BULLETS HITSANTOS.RHODE ISLAND'S ATTORNEY GENERALAND A GRAND JURY WILL EVENTUALLYDECIDE IF ANY OFFICERS ARE TOBLAME.

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Two dozen protesters marched through the streets of Providence Saturday and shouted “justice for Joey” in front of the city’s police headquarters.They said they are upset about a police shooting Thursday morning in which 32-year-old Joseph Santos was killed and his 37-year-old girlfriend Christine Demers was critically wounded.Police said five Providence police officers and four Rhode Island State Police troopers fired 40 rounds into Santo's pickup while it was stopped on an I-95 on-ramp.Providence police said the officers were justified because after they chased Santos into stopped traffic, he started slamming the pickup into other cars.Jamie St. Patrick, one of the protest organizers, rejected that explanation.“Even if he was using the car as a weapon, don't they have spike strips? Haven't they ever heard of warning shots or even shooting the tires out? 40 shots. That's kind of excessive,” St. Patrick said. Santos had two outstanding arrest warrants.His sister Justine Santos told WCVB he probably fled from police because his license was suspended.“I’m assuming he got nervous and didn’t want to go to jail,” she said.Justine Santos said traffic and body camera video only shows Joseph Santos trying to get away, not being aggressive.She described her brother as “a big, giant teddy bear” and said he was a construction worker who leaves behind a 17-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.Providence police recently began wearing body cameras.However, of the five officers that fired shots, only one had a camera that was recording at the time of the shooting.Rhode Island State Police said its troopers do not use body cameras and its cruisers are not equipped with dashboard cameras.Police said they initially tried to pull over Santos pickup because they thought it might be carrying Donald Morgan.Morgan is an inmate who two hours before the shooting had allegedly stolen a Rhode Island State Police cruiser.Morgan was taken back into custody Friday night, along with two people accused of hiding him.Col. Ann Claire Assumpico, superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, said Morgan was on a his way to court Thursday morning when the trooper transporting him pulled over to check on an accident.She said Morgan was handcuffed but managed to climb into the driver’s seat and drive away.Assumpico said the vehicle was not equipped with a barrier between the front and back seats.She commended the officers involved in the pursuit of Santos but said a formal review will determine if his shooting was justified.“This was a tragic loss, too. And we realize that. And we know it was a tremendous risk to public safety,” Assumpico said.An autopsy next week will likely show how many bullets hit Santos.Rhode Island's attorney general and a grand jury will eventually decide if any officers should face disciplinary action or criminal charges.