Hello and welcome to Fuck You Friday! It was a terrible week for Nebraskans, so we’ve got a whole-ass list this week. Let’s go: Our first and heartiest Fuck You goes out to the two cops in Columbus, Nebraska who murdered a 17-year-old child who was holding a knife and threatening self-harm. One cop deployed a taser, […]
Tony Conner has been ordered to court at 10:00am today because he is $10K behind in child support and alimony payments
On Tuesday, July 19, the Omaha City Council will vote to approve a lengthy consent agenda–that is, a long list of what are meant to be routine, noncontroversial business matters that are grouped together as a single item to streamline meetings. Among the items, #75, is a trade in militarized police gear between the city’s […]
A Timeline Your devoted editorial team at Seeing Red Nebraska once again noticed that the recent news story on Omaha Police Union President Tony Conner’s recovery from COVID leaves out a lot of pertinent information. Here is a quick timeline of events as publicly shared on Twitter via the OPOA’s official accounts (and, as you […]
If you approach Omaha from the west on I-80, one of the first landmarks to greet you is a fortress with a large tower sporting a logo for 88 Tactical, a gun boner megacenter that offers a suite of classes, activities, and products for police and wannabe police. And if you can’t quite muster a […]
At his press conference on September 30, Governor Pete Ricketts made a statement that should have made local headlines. An AP reporter asked him two questions about white supremacist groups on the heels of President Trump’s comment that the Proud Boys should “stand back and stand by.” I don’t know about you, but if I […]
I arrived at the protest around 8pm central. we started at the corner by modern love and marched peacefully through the old market. cops were around telling us it was an unlawful assembly but keeping a distance and managing traffic as they should. we had nearly made it back to midtown where we were set […]
I wasn’t planning on sharing this publicly but maybe this will help some people realize what is going on throughout the United States, and right here in our hometown. After being cuffed with zipties for hours on a bridge and finally being taken to the jail parking lot, I had to pee after staying hydrated […]
7/26/2020 I haven’t slept since Friday and have had barely anything to eat for two days and am trying to get my initial thoughts down on paper for a few reasons, so I appreciate your patience with this write up. This will be added to as I recall more details. Yesterday I was arrested and […]
I have been very active in community protests as they have occurred, specifically throughout this current presidency. Never have I seen a police presence or use of force as I did over this past weekend while visiting family. I attended the protests on both Friday and Saturday night at 72nd and dodge. It is imperative […]
