Hunter
05/07/25
The Iowa State Appeal Board has agreed to pay Iowa City Councilor Oliver Weilein $5000 after the University of Iowa reportedly withheld police body camera footage from a December 2023 arrest at Kinnick Stadium.
The Gazette reports Weilein, who was arrested outside the White House in Washington DC during inauguration protests in 2017, joined pro-Palestinian protesters at Kinnick Stadium during UI President Barbara Wilson’s holiday party inside.
Nine protesters who had chained themselves to the entrance to the stadium and used metal bolts to lock exits were arrested. Weilein’s suit said he wasn’t among those initially arrested and had left the stadium that day when asked.
Weilein was arrested later but police released him without charges.
The settlement agreement said, “In April and May 2024, Weilein submitted requests to the university related to his Dec. 9, 2023 arrest by two UIPD officers and his subsequent release. While the university provided Weilein with a redacted copy of the relevant police incident report, the university withheld production of police body camera footage and surveillance footage from Kinnick Stadium.”
Weilein filed suit in May 2024.
The Board of Appeals said the settlement is not an admission of guilt. Weilein will also get the requested body camera footage as part of the settlement.