The family of a young Iowan who drowned in the custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol will be paid $9 million by the state of Missouri. Brandon Ellingson drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks in May 2014 after being handcuffed on a boat by police — an incident that was the focus of a 2015 RFT cover story.
As the RFT reported, Trooper Anthony Piercy stopped Ellingson's family boat, which the 20-year-old was operating, after seeing a Bud Light can thrown in the water.…