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OMAHA, NE -- Another protest is scheduled to begin at Omaha Police Headquarters tonight at 6pm. Activists and community members are still demanding transparency the release of bodycam footage from the police killing of #KennethJones
I'll be heading there shortly.
I'll be heading there shortly.
Watch this thread for coverage of tonight's event.
Typos in the tweets, already. Gonna be one of those nights, I suppose.
Among recently released details from @OmahaPolice are the names of the two officers involved in the shooting
@OmahaPolice have scheduled a press conference for November 23rd to discuss the investigation.
Rolling up to the demonstration, we have a few protesters assembled and a gaggle of legal observers here - which is a welcome site
OPD HQ patio is cordoned off with caution tape again. Small group here right now.
Group continues to grow as protesters set up. Got a pretty solid police presence right now
Some protesters have come dressed with caution tape around their jackets in reference to last night's police escalation
Bear Alexander speaking to the crowd: "OPD released officer statements that are consistent with the video footage...so why don't they release the footage? We need transparency!"
Images from @chrisakelley
Got roughly 35 protesters here on the corner. Folks have begun chanting "No justice, no peace!"
Someone just tried to walk onto the patio and was walked back by cops - tense exchange between the cops and the protester
"I'm gonna walk onto your property and we'll see what's up"
Cop goes "You wanna test that?"
"I'm gonna walk onto your property and we'll see what's up"
Cop goes "You wanna test that?"
Someone else goes "They're already getting sued because they're racist!"
Statement from @WeAreProBLAC organizer Bear Alexander, about last night and tonight's demonstrations.
Posted with permission
There is also a vigil tonight for Kenneth Jones being held with the family. @Mr_Zyla will likely be there to livestream it. Will post a link when it's available
Got our resident copwatcher here heckling the shit out of the cops. "I ain't afraid to to keep watching, and I ain't afraid to go to jail, guys! It'll just give me a bigger video!"
Maybe about 50 here - different vibe tonight, honestly.
"If we don't it, shut it down!"
Protesters heckling each of the officers, calling them by mask color.
"Red mask was here last night! Fuck you, bitch!"
"At least two of you beat your wives! Bitches!"
"Red mask was here last night! Fuck you, bitch!"
"At least two of you beat your wives! Bitches!"
"Y'all got blood on your hands! Better wash up!"
"This is a citizen's arrest for being a fascist pig! Fuck you!"
Tonight the lighted signs say "KENNY"
Another thread with screencaps from @Kualdom https://twitter.com/AFriendlyDad/status/1330313886625652741?s=19
Still about 50-60 here.
Hearing unconfirmed rumblings that an LRAD is being set up somewhere nearby.
If that's the case, it's likely the new announcement system that OPD has put in an order for
If that's the case, it's likely the new announcement system that OPD has put in an order for
Ope, there she is. Got cops staging right behind police HQ
Got some apparent cop supporters who were folming protesters causing a ruckus at the police line
CORRECTION ON THAT PREVIOUS TWEET. I'M BLIND, APPARENTLY.
What looked like an LRAD is actually the hatch on an armored vehicle. Here's a better image.
People who know these vehicles - is it an LRAD? ( @chrisakelley)
What looked like an LRAD is actually the hatch on an armored vehicle. Here's a better image.
People who know these vehicles - is it an LRAD? ( @chrisakelley)
Never seen one in person - someone give a shout if they know
After a moment of silence at 7:27 - the time Kenneth Jones died, chanting resumes.
"SAY HIS NAME - KENNETH JONES!"
"SAY HIS NAME - KENNETH JONES!"
Per the vehicle out behind OPD - https://twitter.com/bart_smokey/status/1330323229425225729?s=19
Heckling of the cops continues.
The cop supporter has been walked out of the group and away from the demo
The cop supporter has been walked out of the group and away from the demo
Got maybe 70 here. Mood is generally chill. Folks laughing as the cops get fucking roasted by frontliners, lol
People stopping and leaning out of theie cars to take pictures of the demonstration
People driving by: "FUCK YOU PIGS!"
someone in the crowd to the cops: "TRY TO RESIST THE URGE TO SHOOT HIM!"
someone in the crowd to the cops: "TRY TO RESIST THE URGE TO SHOOT HIM!"
More from @chrisakelley
Roasting continues:
"HOW DO YOU CRASH TWO HELICOPTERS?"
OPD did, in fact, crash two helicopters
"HOW DO YOU CRASH TWO HELICOPTERS?"
OPD did, in fact, crash two helicopters
Same pilot both times, too, lmao
"HOW DO YOU SPELL NAZIS?" "OPD!"
More officers coming outside with zip ties and pepperball guns
Pretty solid crowd still. "ACAB - ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS!"
March about to begin
March heading to old market
March continuing through the Old Market
Heading toward jackson
