Teen out on weapons bail arrested in crowded beach stabbing

At a crowded Rhode Island beach on a May afternoon, three people were stabbed and hundreds fled in panic — a moment of sudden violence that might have remained an isolated tragedy were it not for what came after. The man arrested, eighteen-year-old Willy Medina of Pawtucket, was already free on bail for weapons charges at the time of the alleged attack. His case now sits at the intersection of two enduring questions societies struggle to answer: how much freedom is owed to the accused, and how much safety is owed to the public.