FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2020, file photo, Iowa attorney general Tom Miller speaks in Iowa City, Iowa.
Jones escaped one officer’s tackle and carried a handgun as he fled through a neighborhood in Burlington, Iowa.
To determine whether Chiprez should face charges, authorities turned to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a Democrat and the longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history, with four decades in the role.
It pursued charges against two officers out of 35 force cases reviewed, and both were ultimately acquitted.
Kim Reynolds in June, in response to racial injustice protests, authorizes the attorney general to investigate any officer’s use of force that results in death.