Officer Timothy Everett was involved in a 2015 incident where he took a 13-year-old Black girl to the ground and handcuffed her after she refused to give him her last name. The encounter began when the girl yelled ‘slow down’ as Everett sped by in his patrol car. Everett pulled a U-turn to confront her about the comment. Handcuffing juveniles is illegal in Iowa under most circumstances, but the department backed Everett’s treatment of the girl, claiming the force was justified because she tried to flee. The city settled the lawsuit related to this incident, with the settlement amount not publicly disclosed. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/general-news-07ded1a408624fe49e9e69aa07ebf657?utm_source=openai))
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