Disturbing video reveals alleged hazing at University of Iowa fraternity
- In November 2024, police body-camera footage released after a viral YouTube video shows the scene officers encountered during a fire-alarm response at the University of Iowa's Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
- Responding to a fire alarm, Iowa City police officers and firefighters searched the fraternity house but no one directed them to someone in charge.
- Video captures officers noting `Looks like we have quite a bit of hazing,` as officers found 56 pledges crammed into two dark rooms inside the fraternity basement, with some shirtless and blindfolded.
- The University of Iowa suspended Alpha Delta Phi until summer 2029, and prosecutors dropped interference charges against the arrested individual who shouted slurs at officers.
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'You got f**kin' nothin': Ketchup-covered, blindfolded frat pledges seen in viral police bodycam video — but no one's talking
Newly released police bodycam video from a 2024 alleged hazing incident at a University of Iowa fraternity house has been going viral.A short clip of the incident posted on X was nearing 52 million views Friday evening, while a YouTube video clocking in at over an hour has eclipsed 250,000 views as the weekend commences.'We finally found a pledge class that isn't the worst ever.'The video shows dozens of shirtless pledges from the Alpha Delta Ph…
Body camera video released in University of Iowa fraternity hazing incident
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa has provided body camera video of a 2024 hazing incident involving the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity that led to its suspension from the university for four years. University police, Iowa City police, and fire officials responded to the fraternity house for a fire alarm on November 15, [...]
UI fraternity hazing bodycam footage goes viral
Body camera footage released on social media Feb. 17 shows what happened during the University of Iowa fraternity hazing incident on Nov. 15, 2024, a case that later led to the suspension of Alpha Delta Phi and criminal charges against one individual involved in the incident. The now viral video, with one post on the social platform X of the video receiving 50.1 million views online, showed 56 Alpha Delta Phi pledges in the fraternity’s basemen…
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