Police charged four protesters Wednesday in connection with an anti-drone protest outside the Iowa National Guard base.Des Moines police said Memphis, TN resident Spencer Kaaz, 21, and Des Moines residents Jesse Horn, 20, Jessica Reznicek, 35, and Ruby Montoya, 27, are charged with disorderly conduct.Police took to social media Wednesday to warn commuters of an “indefinite” road closure caused by a group of protesters outside the Iowa Air National Guard base.McKinley Avenue was closed from SW 32nd Street to Stanton Avenue as protesters blocked the entrance to the National Guard base.KCCI’s Tommie Clark is at the scene, where a U-Haul delivered concrete slabs with sayings like “USA kills kids” on them. Protesters then chained themselves to the slabs outside the entrance to the base.Protesters told KCCI they are taking a stand against the operation of drones at the Iowa Air National Guard base and the alleged use of those drones to kill people in Afghanistan."This is a scandal of high proportion that the community has not addressed,” said Frank Cordaro, with Iowa Catholic Workers.More personnel than protesters ended up coming to the scene to assess the situation and make sure the protesters were safely cut out of the concrete.Des Moines Fire Department TECH Rescue crews had to cut, chisel & hammer concrete to remove demonstrators from the makeshift barriers."We certainly respect and support everyone's right to express their speech, but shutting down the roadway definitely draws a lot of our resources away from things we could be using them better for,” DES Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said.

Police charged four protesters Wednesday in connection with an anti-drone protest outside the Iowa National Guard base.

Des Moines police said Memphis, TN resident Spencer Kaaz, 21, and Des Moines residents Jesse Horn, 20, Jessica Reznicek, 35, and Ruby Montoya, 27, are charged with disorderly conduct.


Police took to social media Wednesday to warn commuters of an “indefinite” road closure caused by a group of protesters outside the Iowa Air National Guard base.

McKinley Avenue was closed from SW 32nd Street to Stanton Avenue as protesters blocked the entrance to the National Guard base.

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KCCI’s Tommie Clark is at the scene, where a U-Haul delivered concrete slabs with sayings like “USA kills kids” on them. Protesters then chained themselves to the slabs outside the entrance to the base.

Protesters told KCCI they are taking a stand against the operation of drones at the Iowa Air National Guard base and the alleged use of those drones to kill people in Afghanistan.

"This is a scandal of high proportion that the community has not addressed,” said Frank Cordaro, with Iowa Catholic Workers.

More personnel than protesters ended up coming to the scene to assess the situation and make sure the protesters were safely cut out of the concrete.

Des Moines Fire Department TECH Rescue crews had to cut, chisel & hammer concrete to remove demonstrators from the makeshift barriers.

"We certainly respect and support everyone's right to express their speech, but shutting down the roadway definitely draws a lot of our resources away from things we could be using them better for,” DES Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said.

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