by Luke Martz | Jul 7, 2022 | Courts
Des Moines Police Officers Peter Wilson and Jeffery George have filed a civil lawsuit against Des Moines Black Lives Matter Protestors in connection with Iowa State Capitol Protests on July 1, 2020. The suit names Des Moines City Councilwoman Indira Dixon Sheumaker...
by Iowa Field Report | May 5, 2022 | Law Enforcement, Policy, State Politics
Des Moines Black Liberation activists blocked downtown streets in an effort to protest the latest murmurings of overturning Roe V. Wade from the U.S. Supreme Court. Protestors chanted a multitude of chants, one such as “fuck the church, fuck the state, we decide our...
by Caleb Lillquist | Aug 24, 2021 | Campaigns, State Politics
Dr. Kira Werstein announced her run for Ames Community’s School Board this week. Werstein has three children in the ACDS and is an associate teaching professor at Iowa State University. “We’ve lost our focus in public education. We need to spend less time...
by Iowa Field Report | Jun 15, 2021 | Opinion, State Politics
Black liberation protestors gathered yesterday to advocate for the complete abolition of The Des Moines Police Department. With this demand also came calls for the ‘decriminalization of Cannabis,’ the termination of all racists, and against a travel fund for an...
by Caleb Lillquist | May 21, 2021 | Education, Policy
After the recent backlash of a Black Lives Matter school curriculum being taught, Ames Police Department and parents are now pushing back against the Ames school board’s new initiative to eliminate school resource officers entirely (SRO’s). The push from the school...
