"We Will Not Tolerate This,” Says Providence Police Chief Clements Following Club Brawl
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"We Will Not Tolerate This,” Says Providence Police Chief Clements Following Club Brawl
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“We will not tolerate this at our permitted establishments,” Clements told GoLocal.
On Monday, GoLocal reported that police had been called to the club Sunday night following the incident inside the premises.
When police arrived, people were already exiting the establishment.
Clements said that it would be “extremely difficult” to make any arrests related to the fight after the fact, based solely on the contents of the video.
What police are focused on, however, is the club’s permit for events — and the noise level that neighbors have complained about for years.
Permits — and Violence — in Focus
In 2015, neighboring resident Amy Espinal wrote a letter to the City Council, imploring elected officials to do something about the Broad Street business.
"I understand they take out a monthly permit for entertainment, but this should not allow them to have the club speakers outside making the neighboring homes literally shake. I mean literally my windows, my house, even my car shake from the noise coming from Mi Sueno," she wrote.
One of the responding officers called the music at Mi Sueno early Sunday evening “obnoxiously loud to the point where it most definitely would be heard” by residents in the surrounding area, adding in “no way” should the club have a permit for an event in its parking lot with the level of music being played.
Now, the club will appear before the Providence Board of Licenses on Wednesday.
“I can confirm that [Mi Sueno] is voluntary staying closed until Wednesday,’s hearing,” Board Chair Dylan Conley told GoLocal Monday night.
Conley added that the Police Licensing Unit was continuing to investigate the matter.
“The primary concern is always trying to determine if it is safe for people to go to any establishment and after a violent incident we take great care to try to understand any uncertainty regarding public safety,” said Conley.