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Riot charges dropped against Mason City woman who was arrested during Des Moines protests

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Photo of the area when arrests were about to take place in downtown Des Moines.

DES MOINES – A Mason City woman who was accused of participating in a riot back in May in Iowa’s capitol city has had all charges dropped in the case.

Things got tense in downtown Des Moines on the weekend of May 31. Police and “protestors” clashed as windows were broken on businesses and stores when some demonstrators became aggressive.  Words were exchanged at the Capitol building between angry mobs and authorities.  As anarchy swelled, more than one former Mason City resident was caught up in the mayhem.

Arrested by Des Moines police was 21-year-old Makenzie Lee Moler of Mason City, booked after 5 AM Sunday, May 31.  She ended up facing charges of participating in a riot, failure to disperse and unlawful assembly. However, in July, Polk county prosecutors filed motions to drop the charges and not prosecute the case against Moler. The state was assessed the court costs in the case.

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21 thoughts on “Riot charges dropped against Mason City woman who was arrested during Des Moines protests

  1. As retired law enforcement/corrections officer I’m asking all Iowa corrections and law enforcement to vote for President Trump. The disgrace the Democrats have displayed against law and order is nuts. If you feel that you need to to follow the political machine AFSCME and vote Democrat do so for governor and local officials, but make sure you pull that lever for PRESIDENT TRUMP . We can’t have these radicals running the country.

  2. For those of you commenting and giving me literal death threats, if you’d like to know what actually happened I’ll tell you.

  3. The Polk County Attorney is John P. Sarcone. A Democrat.

    Democrats have been defending the domestic terrorists that do get arrested, setting them free without being charged. Democrats are enabling/promoting the riots to further their agenda.

    1. You’re no better than the rioters when you make your conclusions based off only having a sliver of the facts. Have you considered the possibility that there just isn’t enough evidence to prosecute this person on the charges???

      1. When they have had video of the terroristic acts being committed, I think they have the evidence to prosecute, but don’t.

        As for the wack-job comment, ” Republicans are no better, they get charged, proven guilty, sent to prison & Trump just lets them out.”
        It isn’t Trump OR the Republicans that keep up the cow poop of, ” Defund the Police. End Money Bail. ” it is the DEMOCRATS. LIBERALS, like Kamala Harris.(She tweeted about this in June.)

        1. You’re ASSuming there is video footage of this person in the act of rioting. Consider that possibility that no footage exists or the footage is not clear enough to identify an individual.

      2. Who said I was commenting on her. My comment is about the domestic terrorists, the rioters, not a specific individual.

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