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The Tiger Battalion is headed to state. Fayette County High’s Army JROTC squad swept all area drill competitions they entered, earning an automatic bid to compete at state. By claiming 1st place in Color Guard, Armed Squad, and Unarmed Squad, the Tigers are area champions for the seventh year in a row.
The FCHS Army JROTC Tiger Battalion is Morgan Wucher, Marquis Jones, Briyana Wheeler, Mitch Howard, Joshua Achiu, Kayce Davis, Sarah Nwuha, Anthony Cordero, Alex Houston, Grace Picklesimer, and Vanessa Campagna. The squad is under the direction of First Sergeant Anthony Bell, Sr.
April 8, 2021 Guest Submission
The George Floyd Act addresses qualified immunity by creating a cause of action for deprivation of rights; requires corroboration for the testimony of undercover police officers; adds a duty to intervene and to render aid; prohibits chokeholds and limits lethal force to imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death. It also ends arrests for many non-jailable fine-only violations and mandates creation of a progressive disciplinary matrix establishing different disciplinary actions for policy violations and violations of law by police. The law would call for these actions to be developed through a statewide process with stakeholders using evidence-based practices.
Victims and reporters often have to go to court to gain access
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University Heights police Officer Darryl Tucker on Jan. 20 demonstrates the department s Panasonic body camera clipped to his uniform. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
This still photo from the Jan. 6, 2015, body camera video of Burlington police Officer Jesse Hill shows Autumn Steele, 34, seconds before Hill accidentally shot and killed her during a domestic incident in her yard.
This body camera video from the Maquoketa Police Department shows Drew Edwards, in the white shirt, being held on the ground by police after being Tasered. Edwards later died.
In-car dashboard camera video shows the seconds before Polk County Lt. Brandon Bracelin fatally shot Isaiah Hayes, who was running from officers with a realistic-looking BB gun in his hand, in 2018.
New law gives office more authority over police misconduct investigations
Democratic Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller meets Dec. 30, 2019, with journalists in his office in the Hoover State Office Building in Des Moines. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Democratic Linn County Supervisor Stacey Walker speaks Oct. 3 about the importance of voting and community leadership during the Black Men’s March in Cedar Rapids. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)
Democratic state Rep. Ras Smith of Waterloo speaks Oct. 3 during the Black Men’s March in Cedar Rapids. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) / Associated Press
When cops pulled over Marquis Jones for loud music one afternoon in October 2017, the 27-year-old Black man got out of his car and ran.