VIDEO: Body Cam Footage Shows Kerwin Challenging Providence Police at Bar

VIDEO: Body Cam Footage Shows Kerwin Challenging Providence Police at Bar

In July, GoLocalProv.com was first to report Providence City Councilwoman Kat Kerwin told police that downtown neighbors should “f—king get over it,” after a complaint was made about loud music at a bar — that was not licensed for entertainment. 

Police had received a complaint of loud music around 10:30 PM on July 22 at Fortnight in Providence. 

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Now, the police body cam footage of the incident has been released. SEE ABOVE

Police asked if Fortnight had proper permits for entertainment and were informed they did not.

In the report, Kerwin, who was at the bar, went to intervene, and was told by the police the issue “did not concern her.”

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“If they live downtown, they can f—king get over it,” said Kerwin according to the report, of people complaining about the loud -- and unlicensed -- music.

Kerwin can be heard telling the officer just after the 1:50 mark.

An officer can also be heard saying on video, “She said she was going to call [Chief] Clements and ask for everyone’s names.”

Kerwin’s Response

Kerwin issued a statement following the incident in which she said the first officer to speak to the worker "was extremely belligerent and was yelling right in the worker's face."

"3 more police cars and four more officers arrived at the scene to respond, circling the bar in an act of intimidation," Kerwin continued. "Fortnight is a local bar that has vocally defended the Black Lives Matter movement and supported the movement in Providence to defund the police, and they have attested to being a frequent target of harassment by the police."

In June, GoLocal was first to report that the founder and owner of Fortnight “was an unlikely individual to be arrested for alleged vandalism during the rioting” that rocked the city in the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 2.

“While other businesses in the area were being vandalized, graffitied, windows broken and looted, Michael Da Cruz and an accomplice spray-painted on Providence City Hall, which is just blocks from the bar, "ACAB" --  an abbreviation for All Cops Are Bastards,” reported GoLocalProv.