After Days of Demonstrations, the Majority of Protestors’ Demands Remain Unmet

The protestors started with three demands: name the officers involved in the shooting, release the unedited body cam footage of the incident, and start an independent review board to investigate the incident and any others with transparency and clarity. To this date only the first demand has been met.

Each night protestors met a line of officers around Omaha Police Headquarters and launched a verbal assault on officers standing on the patio. Protestors did speak with some officers, making moral arguments to the police for the release of the footage. One night, Kenneth Jones’s family joined activists in pleading for the footage to be released.

Community NewsGuest UserNovember 30, 2020Protests, Civil, Omaha, Police Comment

Civil Rights Lawsuit filed against City of Omaha, Police Chief, and Captain

A federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been brought against the city of Omaha, the chief of police, and one police captain filed by the ACLU of Nebraska was announced today in a press conference hosted at Culxr House in North Omaha.

Nebraska's ACLU claims police brutality suppressed free speech this past summer in Omaha. The plaintiffs represented in the suit are some of those detained in the July 25th mass arrest on the Farnam Street bridge.

In addition to eight individuals, the organization ProBLAC – Progressive Black-Led Ally Coalition – is also represented by the ACLU. The suit, primarily focused on the use of chemical irritants, undue physical force, and arrests at the hands of the Omaha Police.

Nebraska GovernmentGuest UserOctober 5, 2020ACLU, ProBLAC, Protests, Civi, Top StoriesComment

Against the Current: Images of Protest (72nd & Dodge, Friday, May 29)

Images captured by Andrew Washington, local photographer, during the first protests on 72nd and Dodge Streets – in response to police brutality, economic injustice, and the recent murder of George Floyd a week ago.

Community NewsGuest UserJune 1, 2020Black Lives Matter, Protests, Change

Against the Current: Days of Protest and Unrest

A legion of police wearing riot gear, armed with tear gas, rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, and pepper bullets met thousands of protestors who had come out to demonstrate after the death of George Floyd at the hands of several members of the Minneapolis Police Department. These skirmishes took place throughout the weekend all over Omaha. The protests originated on 72nd and Dodge Streets on Friday (May 29) and Saturday (May 30) and moved to downtown Omaha on Saturday evening.

Community NewsGuest UserJune 1, 2020Black Lives Matter, Protests