Federal jury deadlocks in civil trial over Cedar Rapids teen bit by police dog in 2020

Mistrial declared, but lawyer for plaintiffs says he will pursue another trial CEDAR RAPIDS — A federal civil trial ended in a mistrial in June, nearly three years after a Cedar Rapids woman filed a lawsuit against a Cedar Rapids police K-9 officer, asserting he used excessive force when his police dog bit her 13-year-old son, who was wrongly arrested in 2020. According to jurors’ questions during deliberations, the jury said they couldn’t agree if Officer Nathan Trimble used excessive force on Aug. 12, 2020, for deploying his canine partner,...