Friday, Aug. 17: An Iowa City resident drives his car into tents housing people who are homeless outside of Shelter House in Iowa City. Five people are injured.
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2:02 a.m.: The driver is booked into the Johnson County jail.
Monday, Aug. 18, 5:05 p.m.: Shelter House issues a public statement about the incident.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 6:35 p.m: KCRG, the market’s leading TV news, reports the driver is facing 14 charges and an ICE detainer
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 7:15 p.m.: KCRG posts a social media version of the story onto Facebook, with the copy “A 29-year-old male resident of the Hilltop Mobile Home Park is in jail facing 14 charges and under an ICE detainer after police say he intentionally drove into a group of five homeless people on Friday.” Typically toxic social media comments follow.
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 7:27 p.m.: A Facebook user under the name Andrew Patterson comments: “Oh man illegal vs homeless… whose side do we take?”
Sometime in the following 24 hours: Cade Burma of the Iowa City Police Department laugh reacts to the Patterson comment.
