Omaha Arrests: A Community's Struggle

Latest arrests and jail bookings in the omaha area including douglas, sarpy, lancaster, and pottawattamie counties. The lawsuit alleges the omaha police department used excessive force and retaliated with force against peaceful black lives matter protesters. It also challenges the vagueness and breadth of ordinances used in the arrests. Many people with serious mental illnesses get trapped in cycles of arrests and incarcerations spurred by systemic issues in the mental health and criminal justice systems not enough space, not enough workers, not enough money and too many problems to tackle. Afterward, city prosecutors dismissed most of the charges against protesters because of a lack of.