Iowa City Settles for $100,000 Over Arrest of Photographer in 2020 Protest

Published on August 24, 2024

The city of Des Moines has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a freelance photojournalist who claimed he was tackled by a police officer while covering a demonstration in 2020. Mark “Ted” Nieters filed the lawsuit against the city, law enforcement officer Brandon Holtan, and chief of police Dana Wingert in December 2020 following his arrest during the June 2020 protests triggered by the death of George Floyd, who died while in police custody in Minneapolis. According to his lawsuit, Nieters was photographing protests at the Iowa Capitol Building when the law enforcement officer pepper-sprayed and tackled him to the ground....

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