Harrison Thorp ONLY IN THE VOICE ROCHESTER – The Rochester man police arrested on riot charges on Saturday said he was assaulted by police as officers escorted him to a waiting cruiser where he would be issued a summons for illegally setting off fireworks. “As I was walking to a cruiser one officer grabbed my leg, and I went to the ground,” Doug Robbins, a former Rochester mayoral candidate and owner of Robbins Automotive on Summer Street, told The Rochester Voice on Tuesday....
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This image appears to show Doug Robbins being taken into custody during the Saturday night incident on Summer Street. (Facebook screenshot)
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