KBUR reported of illegal fireworks going off near Circle K Gas Station as well as surrounding areas. Police were on scene filming each of the individuals who were responsible. It was reported that fireworks were being shot off both at people and vehicles.
Nearby residents photographed and filmed different areas of the scene before and after the fireworks were shut off. Broken glass was seen on the street as a street cleaner rolled around to clean up the mess.
On U.S. 34, a small fire ignited near the road as a result from firework use days before the fireworks incident on Maple.
Burlington Council member Tim Scott expressed on KBUR radio later in the week on the culprit's Facebook status that was provided to him at the city council meeting. He read the post that was made the day of the incident prior to fireworks being fired off.
The former Chicago resident now a Burlington resident reported to have a large amount of friends liking and commenting on the status making him an influence of the violence the night of the incident.
The Hawk Eye published information about Officer Dale Wyatt's administration paid leave for attempting to disrupt and steal someone's cell phone from recording. A video surfaced of the incident that prompted the Burlington Police Department to conduct an investigation.
Officer Dale Wyatt, a police officer from the Burlington Iowa Police Department, left his body camera turned off despite police regulations.
The camera is designed so when the button in the middle is pressed down, the camera automatically records. Seen through the video, Officer Dale Wyatt appears to not have his recorder turned on.
This could indicate that he didnt want he and his fellow officer's actions to be recorded and observed. Near the end of the video, he yanks the phone out of the victim's hands as an attempt to shut his first and fourth Amendment rights.
A video surfaced on YouTube on November 10th of two officers from the Burlington Iowa Police Department conducting illegal activities including police brutality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckO8fplCWRM
The person recording the video is telling officers that one of the officers didn't issue a warrant nor answered of who he was. The man pointed to this officer who was suspected of causing the problem.
When Officer Dale Wyatt asked if there is a problem in the house, the man asked "If there was, does he need to announce a warrant, a name, a badge number." Officer Dale White replied, "No". Multiple times.
The man asked twice, "He does not?" Officer repeated the answer no to him. He then replied as he grabbed a hunk of brush and started crushing it in his hands, "Do you have all the legal knowledge? Look it up." The officer looked as though he was losing his patience and probably wanted to hurt the man recording him.
Officer Dale Wyatt then proceeds in mocking the man then gets into his face.
Officer Dale Wyatt then proceeds in stealing the man's phone and yanks it out of his hand.
According to the Burlington city website, Dale Wyatt was hired to the Burlington Police Department on March 29, 1999.
On Monday night, the Burlington City Council voted down the gun ordinance that was written up by Burlington Police Chief Doug Beaird.
The only person who voted favor of the ordinance was councilman Bob Fleming.
Before the vote was called for, Mayor Shane McCampbell stated that he was in favor of the ordinance during the meeting. He made multiple statements in previous meetings as well as television and phone interviews/broadcasts.
Mayor McCampbell denies that toy guns were to be part of the ordinance despite the wording that was made for the ordinance reading. He became very animated and angry during portions of the meeting due to the overwhelming emails, phone calls, and Facebook posts being made about him, the council, and the police chief. That includes about the mayor doing something unprofessional.
An editorial in The Hawk Eye discussed about the illegal misconduct each of the council members have been doing for violating the Iowa open meetings laws. They are believed to have been committing walking quorums. Its currently being looked into.
When someone spoke about Facebook-related content, Mayor McCampbell increased his anger and frustration towards the person(s) involved and stating that they are running their mouths. He even goes further into saying the person who posted something on Facebook isn't from Burlington and that he incites in a threatening message about dealing with him one on one.
He insists that its nothing more than propaganda and spreading of misinformation. Doug Beaird also agrees.
Here is the entire session of the ordinance discussion during Monday night's meeting.
The resolution for the voting as well as the numerous comments being made within the 40 minutes worth of discussion in relation to the ordinance was not covered by The Hawk Eye as well as KBUR. The only time the ordinance was mentioned was in The Hawk Eye. There was only a small blurb indicating that the ordinance was discussed at the meeting.
The resolution in regards of the ordinance may not be finished. It may be quietly being rewritten by the Burlington Police Chief. It may be likely the ordinance will return to a vote on an updated version.
Almost 20 minutes ago, a body was discovered and recovered from behind the address of 1205 Franklin St. There are unconfirmed reports of the victim dying as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
The location of the house was nearby the Mt Pleasant Street viaduct.
I will update this when more information is available. UPDATE: 9:38 AM:
Here is a photo taken from the scene with an officer behind the yellow tape.
UPDATE 2: 9:50 AM
This is the property area where officers had discovered the body.
UPDATE 5: 8:47PM
A user on Facebook sent this image in their group page to show what is going on at the block during the time. The DCI van was parked next to the property the body was discovered. The left side of the van appears to have either someone or a empty black bag.
UPDATE 6: 9:01PM
KBURreleased information that the body has in fact a bullet wound.
UPDATE 9: June 27, 2013 2:53 PM:
KWQC News broadcasted briefly about the murderyesterdayon the 4:00 news.
Earlier today, I stumbled upon a comment on Facebook about a music video that was uploaded.
YouTube user BAM MUSIK uploaded the video last Friday. Since then, the video produced more than 4,700 views. The music video is called Blocka (B-Town) The video can be viewed through this link or through the embedded video attached to this blog post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUIrUOdzwmo
The name of the raper is currently unknown.
EDIT: 6/22/2013: The DJ's name is DJ Boi Wonda.
The newly-made YouTube account lists a few sponsors that helped with the individual whom organized the music.
Inappropriate Content:
There is just so much bad content found in this video, I had to share some of the details I noticed while watching this video.
Even though the music video is called Block A, it could very well be a real drug-dealing apartment complex. What does Block A consist of?
A fairly easy access point.
A guard to check on who is coming in.
A crazy-looking man.....
who owns a handgun.....
who supplies and does cocaine.....
and has thousands of dollars (mostly 20's, 50's, and 100's)
Drug activity (pot and drinking whiskey).
Smoking pot and showing off some expensive rims.
Some sort of tattoo with the letter B stamped on there. Could be a gang tattoo.
Children posing in multiple shots.
Direct Location:
There were some places within the video that shared locations in which the video was made.
This one stood out to me not just because they are signs that show they are going into Burlington, but because they were moving into the town. In the title of the blog, I suggested that all, if not one, of the individuals were in fact from Chicago. The reason being is because of the previous video that was created last December in which shows aerial views of Chicago.
One of the first street signs shown in the video was the intersection streets of 400 South Central Ave. and 1100 Maple St.
This specific intersection is where one of the locations was depicted from the video. What's interesting is the fact that the gas station Circle K had a shooting incident earlier last year.
In the video, there were some images of guns, references of firing firearms, and making comments in firing such weapons. Perhaps they promote such activity as what had happened in Circle K.
Just down the street from that location is this place. I know very little about the building but it seems to be important for the individuals in the video to be doing their thing in front of the place.
I know some years ago, there was a building nearby the shoe shop that was considered as a bar. From what I heard, an individual was killed in that bar. If you were dressed in something they didn't like at the time, they would beat you up royally.
The final location shown in the video was 1100 Aetna St. and 2000 Summer St.
The location is basically behind Walgreens nearby Family Video.
What happens now?
Currently, there is no information being provided by The Hawk Eye about it. Its probably not well-known yet, seeing that the video hasn't spread much within the news media or social networks.
There may be a possibility of the Drug Task Force and the Burlington Police Department investigating this matter. If so, this could explain the silence The Hawk Eye is currently doing.
We'll wait and see what happens next.
EDIT: 6/22/2013:
The music video that was produced wasn't necessarily uniquely made. Some of the lyrics and tones from the music were altered. The original music it was based from was Blocka by the rapper Pusha-T. You can eitherclick the link to watch it or watch it through the embedded video on the blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfR00nu5xQw
Here are the lyrics to this song. Keep in mind that not all of the lyrics that come from this video is similar to the one produced in Burlington. Lyrics were found on http://rapgenius.com/Pusha-t-blocka-lyrics
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