IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa students celebrated graduation just feet from the final moments of a three-day protest of the war in Gaza. Posing for photos in front of the Old Capitol and next to a Herky statue on the Pentacrest, students seemed oblivious to messages drawn in chalk that called for a […]
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Driver charged after protesters hit in C...
A driver who police say struck pedestrians who were peacefully protesting in downtown Cedar Rapids has been charged with two criminal offenses. According to a press release, David Alan Huston, 53, was charged with assault by use or display of a dangerous weapon (vehicle) and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident. Related: Cedar […]
Photos: Thousands march for justice in C...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A peaceful protest turned out as planned, as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of downtown Cedar Rapids. “Please march with us as we peacefully protest the heartbreaking and infuriating racism, inequality, and murder experienced by George Floyd and too many others,” organizers Nicole LeGrand, Tamara Marcus and Leslie Neely posted […]