Judge declares mistrial in case against former Iowa trooper

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A federal decide declared a mistrial Friday within the case of a former Iowa state trooper who was charged with utilizing unreasonable power in opposition to a motorcyclist throughout a site visitors cease.

The decide declared the mistrial after jurors stated in a be aware that “we’ve determined as a gaggle that we can not attain an unanimous determination or verdict” on the fees in opposition to Robert James Smith, in keeping with the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

Smith was charged with deprivation of rights below coloration of regulation — use of unreasonable power that causes bodily damage after a 2017 site visitors cease of a motorcyclist who had been rushing on Interstate 80 close to the small jap Iowa metropolis of West Liberty.

Sprint digital camera video confirmed Smith pulling over the motorcyclist, Bryce Yakish, after which working from his automobile along with his gun drawn. Smith knocked Yakish to the bottom and briefly put his knee on his neck whereas handcuffing him.

Court docket data do not point out whether or not federal prosecutors will retry Smith.