criminal justice

Prominent Black Lives Matter organizer Matthew Bruce has been charged with first degree criminal mischief after Des Moines police accused him of…

The Iowa City City Council voted Tuesday night to develop a plan to restructure the city’s police department, at the urging of local Black Lives Matter…

Hundreds of protesters marched in Cedar Rapids Saturday for the second weekend in a row, with organizers calling for the city council to address specific…

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a bill addressing police misconduct that Iowa lawmakers unanimously passed on Thursday.She signed the bill as…

In a day that lawmakers called historic, the Iowa Legislature introduced and unanimously passed a set of police reforms Thursday as Black Lives Matter…

Last week, officials in Council Bluffs implemented a curfew and shut down three interstate exits while armed civilians equipped themselves with…

Seven inmates in the Woodbury County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 and the county sheriff’s office anticipates seeing more positive cases.The…

Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Cedar Rapids on Saturday, to call for policing reform, justice and equity for black Americans. They also laid…

A group of Iowa Democratic lawmakers and black leaders proposed three policies Thursday to help prevent police violence as protests continue in the wake…

Nearly a thousand protesters marched through Iowa City for some six hours Wednesday night, calling for justice and an end to systemic racism. They walked…