The Associated Press
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This 2017 image from the Iowa State Patrol video provided by the Cedar County Attorney’s Office In Cedar County shows former Iowa State Patrol trooper Robert Smith in an altercation with Bryce Yakish by Yakish’s motorcycle during a traffic stop near Tipton.
IOWA CITY Iowa will pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was injured when a state trooper knocked him over and put his knee on his neck during a 2017 traffic stop, according to documents released Monday.
The payment to Bryce Yakish ends a lawsuit he filed against the state and former Iowa State Patrol trooper Robert Smith in 2019, months after a sheriff released dash camera video of the arrest. The lawsuit alleged that Smith assaulted and falsely arrested Yakish, lying about what happened.