By Dave Bohl
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(Des Moines, Iowa) Des Moines Police say one person is facing charges after interrupting the Des Moines City Council meeting last night.
John Noble of Des Moines faces multiple charges after police say he interrupted the city council meeting and refused to obey officers outside the council chambers. Police say Noble was part of a group that was removed from the meeting for disruption and that he continued to refuse to comply with officers.
The Des Moines City Council put new public conduct rules in place after its previous meeting was postponed by protesters and had to be completed online the following day.
Bleeding Heartland
Tuesday, Jun 29 2021
Gross abuse of power.
Those are words you won’t read in any newspaper, local tv, or online news article about the Des Moines City Council meeting on June 28 – or any council meeting, for that matter. However, that is exactly what has been happening for more than a year.
The consent agenda, by definition, is for day to day city business. In other words, non-controversial agenda items – liquor licenses and things of that nature. If there were something disagreeable on the consent agenda, normally the public could address the council at the meeting to have the item pulled.
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One person was arrested after several demonstrators started speaking over city council members Monday night while the council was discussing consent agenda items.
Mayor Cownie addressed the chamber before the start of the meeting, citing city code section 2-70, which defines a code of conduct members of the public must follow at public meetings. Cownie also warned that those who might disrupt the meeting could be cited for disorderly conduct, trespass or interfering with the good order of the meeting.
The council moved to approve the consent agenda without removing item 40, which was when several residents in the chamber erupted in shouts of disapproval. When their chants continued, Cownie asked the group, who had begun to stand on their chairs, to leave the meeting and they were escorted out by police officers.
By Chris Turner
Jun 29, 2021
Tensions continued to be high as the Des Moines City Council tried again to resume in-person meetings.
Two weeks after protestors forced the council to postpone its return to in-person meetings, Monday s meeting led to several people being removed from the chambers and one person arrested.
The council recently amended its rules to limit public attendance to 25 people and impose restrictions on how long members of the public can speak during meetings.
Some members of the audience on Monday night were demanding the council discuss a consent agenda item related to hiring an outside firm for police de-escalation training.