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Iowa Judge Drops Charges Against Black Man Stopped for Jaywalking by Cop Who Waved for Him to Cross the Street
Charges have been dropped against a Black man who was arrested in Iowa City, Iowa, last year after he was stopped by a police officer for jaywalking. Based on police body camera footage, a federal judge decided that what the arresting officer purported to be a legitimate stop was really a clear case of racial…
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In Iowa City, Sudan and Chicago Take the Lead
IOWA CITY, IOWA—Bruce Teague and Mazahir Salih are two unique representations of Iowa’s political power: a Chicago-born black man who moved here in 1993 and ended up being his adoptive city’s top elected official some 27 years later. And Salih, an immigrant from Sudan who moved to the U.S. to support family back home, but…
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Iowa City Police Release Body-Cam Footage of Encounter With Football Player
Remember Faith Ekakitie? The University of Iowa defensive end was playing Pokémon Go in an Iowa City, Iowa, park last week when officers came up on him and drew their guns because he supposedly fit the description of a bank robber. Ekakitie described his experience with the officers in great detail in a post that…
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#PokémonGoWhileBlack: Police Point Guns at Iowa Football Player They Say Fit Description of Bank Robber
A University of Iowa defensive end took to Facebook Wednesday to describe a frightful encounter with police while outside playing Pokémon Go in an Iowa City, Iowa, park last week, the Washington Post reports. “Today was the first time I’ve truly feared my life and I have the media to thank for that,” Faith Ekakitie, a…