Corrections Officer Resigns After 2 Hurt By Driver At R.I. Detention Facility Protest

An officer at a Rhode Island detention center has resigned amid investigations into a pickup truck driver that drove through a group protesting federal immigration policies.

A spokesman for the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility said in a brief statement Friday that Capt. Thomas Woodworth resigned Friday, a day after being placed on administrative leave.

Officials at the center used by federal immigration officials have not stated explicitly whether Woodworth was driving the truck.

The Jewish youth movement Never Again Action said a 64-year-old man was seriously injured and at least one other person hurt Wednesday night after a pickup operated by a uniformed corrections officer drove up to an entrance blocked by demonstrators.

Video posted by the group showed the vehicle stopping before again moving forward. In the live video post, the group also claimed the driver of the truck was a corrections officer at the detention center.

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Rhode Island's attorney general and state police are investigating.