‘I don’t feel safe’ – Iowa woman believes video shows excessive force from Toledo cop

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A Tama County girl, Shyla Wolf, stated listening to her three youngsters cry and scream was the hardest a part of watching the physique digital camera footage of her arrest at a visitors cease in March.

“That was actually laborious to observe,’ Wolf stated. “You could possibly simply inform they have been scared they usually most likely felt helpless. There was nothing they might do to assist their mother.”

Wolf spoke to our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Group for the primary time concerning the arrest, which is the topic of a third-party investigation into the usage of power utilized by Toledo Police Officer Kyle Howe. The investigation ought to take about two weeks and will price a number of thousand {dollars}, in keeping with Toledo Metropolis Lawyer Mike Maqruess.

Marquess stated he believes Officer Howe will carry out administrative duties whereas he’s on administrative go away with pay. This comes after our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Group revealed the physique digital camera footage on Friday.

The video reveals Toledo Police Officer Kyle Howe deceptive fellow legislation enforcement officers and pushing Wolf, right into a patrol automobile whereas making a cellphone name to safe childcare for 3 kids. Howe, then threatened to make use of a TASER whereas not less than one of many three kids are crying within the automobile.

Based on the video, Wolf was being arrested as a result of she was driving whereas bared. The Division of Transportation stated the license was barred beginning February 2022 as a result of the holder is a recurring offender. Wolf, in keeping with courtroom paperwork, faces a handful of driving-related offenses and three felonies as a result of she put her youngsters in peril by refusing police instructions.

Courtroom data additionally present Wolf and Officer Howe had a number of interactions together with throughout a few of Wolf’s quite a few driving-related offenses.

Based on courtroom data, Wolf has been capable of finding an lawyer to defend herself in courtroom. She was elevating cash for an lawyer on GoFundMe to pay for a civil lawyer for a possible lawsuit towards town of Toledo as a result of she believes extreme power was used throughout her arrest.

Wolf stated she doesn’t keep in mind a number of details about the cease, however she awakened with marks throughout her physique and had bother shifting round with soreness. She stated she was most involved about her three kids within the automobile.

“I do know they have been scared and traumatized,” Wolf stated. “I simply felt helpless.”

Wolf additionally stated she was confused concerning the officer’s rationale for threatening to make use of a TASER as a result of she was on her abdomen on the bottom whereas the officer was on prime of her. She stated she felt the weapon on her backbone, in the midst of her again, after which requested her son to start recording the occasion.

“I needed my son to begin recording as a result of I didn’t know what this cop was going to do to my youngsters,” Wolf stated. “Like as soon as I’m tased, I’m helpless.”

The video may additionally have an effect on different circumstances as a result of Officer Howe misled different legislation enforcement officers, who responded to the scene after the scuffle occurred. Howe stated Wolf was making an attempt to make use of her youngsters to struggle him, which by no means occurred within the nine-minute video reviewed by our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Group.

We discovered not less than one different case in Tama County, the place a protection lawyer is asking a choose to throw out proof as a result of Officer Howe “falsifies his experiences” and has a “reckless disregard for the reality” in a submitting on Tuesday.

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