Just Voices, a non-profit group committed to ending racial profiling in Iowa, will produce a final report later this year about the Des Moines Police Department’s use-of-force reports during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
Just Voices’ Founder Harvey Harrison, a retired lawyer, sought release of the departments use-of-force reports for 2020. The reports provide detail about instances where the Des Moines police uses force with citizens. The Iowa Supreme Court, in a March 2025 decision, authorized the city of Des Moines to release the 2020 reports.
After reviewing them, Just Voices discovered a troubling truth. Of the 385 reports released since the court decision, just 19 address the pivotal events of the 2020 protests in Des Moines…