DES MOINES, IOWA (March 25, 2019) — The ACLU of Iowa has filed an appeal on behalf of Adam Klein, the attorney for the family of Autumn Steele, who was shot by a Burlington, Iowa police officer and killed in 2015. The appeal addresses the Burlington Police Department and Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation’s refusal to release body-camera and other public information documenting the incident. We believe that a recent Iowa Public Information Board decision on the records got the law wrong, and we’re asking the Iowa District Court in Polk County to reverse that decision.
Later today, we’ll send out a press release with detailed information. We’ll also be holding a press conference at 2PM today at our office building in downtown Des Moines (The Insurance Exchange Building, 505 5th Ave) on the 4th floor.
