PHOTOS: Providence Small Businesses Take Crushing Blow From Looting

PHOTOS: Providence Small Businesses Take Crushing Blow From Looting

Rioters not only hit Providence Place Mall, burned a Providence Police vehicle, and battled State and Providence Police, but they vandalized and looted small businesses across multiple neighborhoods in Providence.

Retailers, banks, law offices, restaurants, and apartment buildings were some of the locations hit by vandals early Tuesday morning.

Neighborhoods ranged from Westminster Street to Downtown to Waterplace to South Main Street, to name a few of the areas vandalized or looted.

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There are also reports of vandalism on Thayer Street and on Federal Hill

Approximately 40 were arrested, according to State Police Superintendent James Manni.

As GoLocal first reported on Monday night, approximately 60 Providence and Rhode Island State Police vehicles were deployed by the State House, Waterplace, and Providence Place Mall area. 

Rhode Island State Police Colonel James Manni told GoLocal at 4:30 AM, "This was an organized attack on Providence by armed and dangerous individuals. They were not protesters."

In total, more than 50 businesses outside of Providence Place were damaged.

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