Comment on University of Iowa police report initial review findings, respond to #8CantWait demands

IOWA CITY — Following summer commitments made in the wake of widespread Black Lives Matter protests across Iowa City and the University of Iowa campus, the UI Department of Public Safety has wrapped an initial review of its use-of-force policies and of suspect demographics in its use-of-force incidents.While the number of UI use-of-force incidents has sloped down over the last three years — as has its percent of contacts that result in use of force — about 38 percent of its 53 incidents involving force between 2017 and 2019 involved Black suspects.