In a press conference that’s already under fire for dodging key details on the Brown University shooting, Providence Police just added fuel to the distrust with what looks like a completely fake sign language interpreter. The woman, standing beside officials during Monday’s update on the December 13 attack that killed two students and wounded nine, flails her hands in gestures that don’t match standard American Sign Language at all—repeating motions, no facial grammar, nothing that conveys actual meaning. It’s like watching someone mime “jazz hands” while the chief talks about the ongoing manhunt.
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The image from the briefing shows her mid-“sign,” mouth open, hands waving wildly against the purple Providence Police backdrop—intense expression, but zero real communication. It’s eerily similar to that 2017 Tampa presser where a “interpreter” was later exposed as knowing no ASL, just making stuff up. No official word yet if this one’s legit, but the deaf community and online sleuths are calling BS loud and clear.
This comes as frustration boils over the shooting probe: hours without a suspect description despite campus cameras everywhere, initial “person in custody” claim walked back, and police stonewalling on what witnesses say the gunman yelled before firing (“Allahu Akbar,” per reports). The interpreter farce? It’s the cherry on a credibility crisis, making the department look incompetent or worse—hiding something in a case that’s already got hate motive whispers with victim Ella Cook’s GOP club role.
Providence PD owes real answers, not pantomime. The left’s “trust the experts” falls flat when experts can’t even hire a proper signer. Families of the dead and wounded deserve transparency, not theater.
