Iowa attorney accused of using racial slurs after fire victims declined legal aid Share Updated: 2:59 AM CDT May 7, 2021 Andrew Mollenbeck Share Updated: 2:59 AM CDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT NOW. STEVE: FIRST AT 6:00, A KCCI EXCLUSIVE. STACEY: WE CAN FIR BECAM MORE EXPLOSIVE EVEN MORE DEVASTATING FOR SOME PEOPLE WHEN AN ATTORNEY STARTED HURLING RACIAL SLURS AT HIS NEIGHBORS. KCCI’S ANDREW MOLLENBECK IS LIVE IN WEST DES MOINES WITH HOW THIS ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION ESCALATED. ANDREW POLICE HERE IN WEST DES : MOINES TELL ME GROUPS FORMED OUTSIDE THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DURING THE FIRE SATURDAY EVENING. AND WITNESSES SAY THE CONVERSATION TURNED SUDDENLY. VIDEO WE GOT FROM A NEIGHBOR SHOWS SOME OF THE MOMENTS WHEN ADAM KEHRWALD WAS TALKING OUTSIDE WITH PEOPLE WHO HA ESCAPED THE APARTMENT FIRE AT REGENCY WOODS RIGHT AS THINGS BEGIN TO ESCALAT I JUST COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT HE DID THAT. ANDREW: PAULA BLACK SA
We listened to our courageous heroes in law enforcement and we took action. We rely on these men and women every day to keep us safe. .
“It s our job as Iowa legislators to minimize that risk (to police officers) as much as possible so that more law enforcement officers can make it back home to their families safely.
Dear Rep. Klein,
Like you, I want police officers to get home safely. Certainly their jobs involve risks. The shooting death of Sgt. Jim Smith, a 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol, while trying to arrest a suspect at his Grundy Center home last month, is a tragic example.