Four charged after Black man is strangled, set on fire in Iowa ditch
Four white people were charged Tuesday in the alleged murder of a Black man whose body was found burning in a ditch in rural Iowa earlier this month, but authorities said it did not appear that he was targeted because of his race. Speaking at a joint press conference with local civil rights leaders, Dennis Reilly, police chief in the small town of Grinnell, said he understood why the death of Michael Williams, 44, had created a "heightened sense of danger" among the town's Black residents. "I want to be clear to say: This was not a random ...
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