Transcript of the ICPD “Party Bust” video
See ICPD “Party Bust”: Creating chaos, assaulting citizens, and violating rights for the original story.
0:01 Cop 1: “You live here?”
0:02 Citizen 1: “… can we…?”
0:04 Cop 1: “Get out, now!”
0:05 Citizens: “Get out, get out, everybody out”
0:09 – 0:12 Citizen 1: “You’re not allowed to… ” “you’re not allowed” “hey! Hey!”
0:14 Citizen 1: “You’re not allowed in this door”
0:16 Cop: “We’re in here now!”
0:18 Citizen 1: “You’re not allowed, hey! hey! hey! don’t do this”
0:19 Cop: “If you don’t live here, leave now!”
0:21 Citizen 1: “That’s illegal”
0:22 Citizen 1: “Hey Sir, you’re on video”
0:24 Cop: “Need you to leave”
0:25 Citizen 1: “No, but I … hey!”
0:26 Citizen 2: “What the fuck are you doing”
0:27 Citizen 1: “Sir, Sir? Don’t do this right now”
0:30 Citizen 2: “What the fuck am I doing?”
0:30 – 0:42: (unintelligible)
0:43 Cop 2: “Get your hands behind your back, now”
0:44 Cop 3: “Hands behind your back, what part of that don’t you understand!”
0:44 – 0:49 (unintelligible)
0:49–0:54 *Cop approaches the person with the camera, tries to take/cover the camera, pushes him into a hallway, apparently knocks the camera out of his hands*
0:54 Citizen: “What the fuck!”
0:55 Citizen 1: “That illegal entry…”
0:56 (crosstalk)
0:58 Cop: “Hey it’s time to go”
0:59 Citizen: “Don’t you ever!”
0:59 Cop: “Are you leavin’!? are you leaving!?”
1:00 Cop: “Or?! Or!?”
1:04 Citizen: “Or what?”
1:11 Citizen: “I’m sorry, what’s your badge number?”
1:13 Cop: “#97!”
1:13 Citizen: “#97? Okay”
1:15 Cop: “Do not come back in here!”
1:16 Citizen: “I understand that, but hey..?”
*Door slams*
Outraged by this blatant police misconduct? Let the ICPD know!
Not sure what to say? Use this sample letter as a starting point.
- Captain Jim Steffen: 319–356–5440 (7 a.m. — 3 p.m. Mon-Fri), jim-steffen@iowa-city.org
- Police Chief Sam Hargadine: 319–356–5271, sam-hargadine@iowa-city.org
