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View Comments The Iowa Freedom Riders, an Iowa City civil rights activist group, announced a pause to its People's Truth and Reckoning Commission on Sunday.  The group announced via social media that the commission, which launched in April, was not serving its intended purpose of being a place for Black and Brown people to discuss injustices they've experienced locally.  "Since (its founding), the PTRC meetings have steered off course and have become a place for white people to come and discuss their issues, and while their issues are valid, they are more likely to be heard by those in po...

Iowa Freedom Riders pausing Truth and Reconciliation meetings Phil Reed © Provided by Cedar Rapids KCRG-TV Iowa Freedom Riders hold first public meeting for the People's Truth and Reckoning Commission CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -The Iowa Freedom Riders announced Sunday they are doing a temporary pause on the People’s Truth and Reconciliation meetings. The group held their first meeting in the spring. In a statement posted on their Facebook page, the group said “When we first started doing these meetings, we hoped it would be a safe and healing place for Black and Brown p...

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5/15/21 Representatives from Casey’s General Stores say they’ve “paused” the use of an armed security guard at the company’s Broadway Street location in Iowa City. The move comes after numerous community complaints. The issue was raised earlier this month in a guest column in the Cedar Rapids Gazette, in a tweet from the Iowa City Police Activity Log Twitter account, and at last week’s People’s Truth and Reckoning Commission meeting conducted by the Iowa Freedom Riders at Wetherby Park. Critics say the armed guard sent a bad message to a neighborhood with a high minority popula...