In a joint statement provided by Mayor Bruce Teague and Police Chief Dustin Liston, the City offers a response to the brutal death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols following the release of the Memphis Police Department’s deadly arrest video.
“As Mayor of Iowa City, I am reaching out to the Iowa City community to offer my support following the release of a horrific video issued by law enforcement earlier today, to acknowledge the despair and anger that the Black community is feeling, to denounce the acts of violence taken against Tyre Nichols, and to look for ways to process this...