Black History Month: Steps Iowa has taken to end systemic racism, what Black leaders say still needs to be done This is not a Black thing or white thing, it s not a left thing or right thing, it s just the right thing to do, Iowa Democratic Black Caucus Chair Al Womble said. Author: Rachel Droze Updated: 6:54 PM CST February 16, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa In June 2020, a historic criminal justice reform package was signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds while she was surrounded by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The package banned most chokeholds in the state and made it more difficult for officers with a history of problematic behavior to move from one department to another.
Iowa Democratic Black Caucus Zoom meeting bombarded with hate speech Share Updated: 5:28 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 Share Updated: 5:28 PM CST Feb 8, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT NOW 24 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE THE IOWA DEMOCRATIC BLACK CAUCUS IS REACHING OUT TO AUTHORITIES TO TRY TO FIND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ZOOM BOMBING THEIR MEETING WITH RACIAL SLUR STEVE: KCCI’S CYNTHIA FODOR SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE W HEARD THAT AWFUL INTERRUPTIO CYNTHI STEVE, I’M TOLD ABOUT 38 PEOPLE WERE ON THE CALL INCLUDING LOCAL AND STATE OFFICIALS WHEN THE MEETING WAS SUDDENLY DISRUPTED. THE GUEST, U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN JOYCE BEATTY STARTED THE ZOOM , MEETING WITH A PRAYER WHEN THE CAUCUS DIRECTOR SAYS THEY STARTED HEARING RACIAL SLURS AND THREATS. AL WOMBLE SAYS VOICES WERE SAYING, WHITE POWER, SHUT UP, THE N WORD AND ONE REPEATE Y’ALL GONNA DIE IN LIKE 5 DAYS SOMEONE SAID, WE’RE GOING TO BE COMING AFTER YOU. ALSO THIS WAS STUDD
By Jason Taylor
Feb 9, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa Democratic Black Caucus is working with police to track down people who interrupted a zoom meeting with racial slurs.
Caucus Director Al Womble says several people joined the group s meeting Sunday, making comments such as the N-Word, the F-Word and White Power, while also making death threats. Racists broke into our meeting, hacked in, and started spewing hateful slurs, foul language and even threats against people lives, said Womble on Facebook.
He said the caucus turned over IP addresses and screen names of some of the people who made the slurs to police in Des Moines.