On Sept. 6, Iowa News Now reported officers had shot and killed a teen after he advanced on them with a weapon at the end of a vehicle pursuit in Greene County.
On Mar. 18, KCRG reported on a video captured by a bystander of an Iowa City Police Department officer punching a man after attempting to deliver an arrest warrant. The footage depicts an officer pinning a man to the ground and repeatedly hitting him as an onlooker films the incident from their car.
Both incidents sparked heated conversations online about the ethics of each confrontation — the exact conversations meant to be held within community police review boards…