Jury acquits UI protester of disorderly conduct, interference with official acts
A 12-person jury found Tara Dutcher not guilty of disorderly conduct and interference with official acts on Wednesday.
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A 12-person jury found Tara Dutcher not guilty of disorderly conduct and interference with official acts on Wednesday.
University of Iowa police testified a Coralville transgender activist encouraged others to block traffic last fall during a campus protest. The protesters wouldn’t move to allow them to clear one lane of traffic for drivers to leave an event at the Iowa Memorial Union.
The state called three police officers who were on the scene of the protest that resulted in charges against seven transgender protesters.
Tara Dutcher, charged with disorderly conduct and interference with police during a protest last fall, took the stand earlier Wednesday, saying they didn’t block traffic in the lane that police attempted to open for traffic.
Hunter 11/17/23 A month after a lecture by conservative speaker Chloe Cole on the University of Iowa campus was met with about 150 protesters, several