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Lincoln mayor institutes curfew for Monday evening

Lincoln mayor institutes curfew for Monday evening
IS BREAKING NEWS ON KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN ON KETV.COM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. WE ARE HERE HAVING A LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE WITH MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT IN REGARDS TO THE PROTEST WE HAD LAST NIGHT. LET’S LISTEN IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE THEY WORKED UNTIL EARLY MORNING HOURS AT THE END OF THE PROTEST, ALTHOUGH THAT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO PROPERTY THERE WAS VERY FEW PEOPLE HURT AND WE WERE HOPING THAT THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE VIOLENCE LAST NIGHT WAS A DIFFERENT STORY. THERE WAS A LOT MORE VIOLENCE LAST NIGHT A LOT MORE DESTRUCTION OF CITY PROPERTY THE THE GROUP MOVED ALL OVER THROUGH DOWNTOWN TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING THE WAY IT DID. IT WAS DEFACED WITH PROFANITY. THEY WERE BROKEN WINDOWS. THERE WAS JUST A MASS OF PROBLEMS AND DESTRUCTION THAT HAPPENED DOWNTOWN WITH THESE PROTESTS AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR ME TO SEE IT BECAUSE OF THAT. WE WANTED TO COME AND GIVE YOU A BRIEFING TODAY WITH ME TODAY IS THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA PETE RICKETTS CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER IS HERE, TOO TODAY. WE HAVE JOE KELLY HERE FROM THE US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. WE HAVE KRISTI JOHNSON WHO’S SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE FOR THE FBI MAT QZR CITY PROSECUTORS IN THE ROOM THAT CAN ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY AND IS SOON AS I SPEAK. WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR GOVERNOR THIS ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO DAYS NOW OF CIVIL UNREST CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR IS GOING TO TAKE SOME EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES FOR US ALL TO GET THROUGH IT AND I KNOW EVERY CITIZEN IN OMAHA WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET BACK. NORMAL AND BE A VERY GIVING AND AND A COMMUNITY LIKE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES. SO WHAT I HAVE DONE TODAY IF I HAVE WRITTEN A PROFIT ON PROCLAMATION, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO READ JUST THE FIRST PART OF IT FOR THE TV AUDIENCE. YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF IT, BUT IT STARTS OUT WITH SAYING WHEREAS ON MAY 25TH. 2020 GEORGE FLOYD DIED WHILE IN CUSTODY AND MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHEREAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE KILLING OF MR. FLOYD NUMEROUS PROTESTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN OMAHA AND WHILE A MAJORITY OF PROTESTERS HAVE ACTED LAWFULLY. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF PROTESTERS WHO HAVE ELEVATED THE EVENTS BEYOND PEACEFUL NONVIOLENT PROTEST AND WHEREAS AS A RESULT OF THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE THAT OCCURRED IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, MAY 29TH, 2020 AND MAY 30TH, 2020 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HAS INCLUDED SHOOTINGS VIOLENCE AGAINST FIRST RESPONDERS A PEACEFUL PROTESTER VANDALISM OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY LOOTING OF BUSINESSES AND FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE LAWFUL DISPERSAL ORDERS OF THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. APARTMENT AND WHERE IS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER CIVIL UNREST CIVIL DID SOME DISTURBANCES IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR? IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY PROPERTY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS OF OMAHA. SO IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE MAYOR AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND OTHER STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND THE GOVERNOR WE ARE GOING TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA IT WILL LAST FOR 72 HOURS IT WILL DART THIS EVENING AT 8 P.M. ALONG WITH THE PROCLAMATION. THERE ARE EMERGENCY ORDERS SOME OF THESE EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. ARE THESE A CURFEW WILL NOW BE IMPOSED IN THE CITY OF OMAHA STARTING TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. UNTIL 6:00 A.M. THIS IS THE ENTIRE CITY OF OMAHA. THAT IS HOW A CURFEW BY OUR CITY CODE HAS TO BE ORDERED DURING THE HOURS OF THE PERFUME. NO PERSON SHALL BE ON ANY PUBLIC. STREET AVENUE BOULEVARD SIDEWALK A LEAP OUR OTHER PUBLIC PLACE ALSO, NO GATHERINGS AN EXCESS OF 25 PEOPLE AND WE PICK 25 BECAUSE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR’S EMERGENCY HEALTH MEASURES THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO NO MORE THAN A GATHERING OF 25 OR MORE CAN OCCUR IN ANY PUBLIC STREET AVENUE BOULEVARD SIDEWALK ALI PARK OUR OUTDOOR SPACE EXCEPT PEOPLE THAT ARE AWAITING TRANSPORTATION ENGAGING IN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT A USUAL AND CUSTOMARY PLACE OR PEACEABLY ENTERING AND LEAVING BUILDINGS. THIS ORDER SHALL NOT APPLY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FIRE PERSONNEL MEDICAL PERSONNEL, ETC FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDER A PUBLIC PLACE MEANS ANY OUTDOOR SPACE OR AREA WHETHER IT’S ON PRIVATELY OR PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THERE IS A CRIMINAL ELEMENT OF THIS AND VIOLATION OF THESE EMERGENCY ORDERS IS A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE. IT IS PUNISHABLE BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED FIVE. UNDER DOLLARS OR BY IMPRISONMENT NOT TO EXCEED 6 MONTHS. AND ALONG WITH THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SOME ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO TALK ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE TAKEN AFTER THE GOVERNOR TALKS. SHEESH. MATER WILL SPEAK AND GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN THE CITY OF OMAHA. WE HAVE LIKE THIS THAT WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE HERE TODAY KRISTI JOHNSON SPECIAL AGENT FOR THE FBI WILL SPEAK AND JOE KELLY I BELIEVE IS GOING TO SAY A FEW THINGS THE US ATTORNEY AND THEN WE WILL OPEN IT UP LIKE WE DID YESTERDAY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. SO I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA GOVERNOR RICKETTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR. SHE’S SMARTER AND ALL THE OTHER GUESTS AND LEADERS HERE. OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS START OUT AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST. HAS RISEN TO A LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN OMAHA AND LINCOLN. OUR TWO LARGEST CITIES I’VE SEEN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR VIOLENCE. DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY FOLKS PEOPLE GETTING HURT TO THE PROTESTERS THE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ARE MESSAGES WE HEAR YOU. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED. FORT AND FOR LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HALF WITH REGARD TO EQUAL ACCESS OF JUSTICE TO JUSTICE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TRUST. WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES MERCY SADLY WHAT BEGAN AS HE’S PEACEFUL PROTEST? I’VE BEEN HIJACKED BY PERPETRATORS OF VIOLENCE. PEOPLE OR SEEKING TO PRAY HARM OUR GREAT CITIES HERE IN NEBRASKA. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOW RISKING PEOPLE’S LIVES. PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER OF COURSE THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OMAHA AND LINCOLN. THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE LINCOLN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OR STATE PATROL IS SUPPORTABLE. AND WE ARE TAKING THE ADDITIONAL STEP OF MOBILIZING THE NATIONAL GUARD. SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO BRING PEACE AND CALM BACK TO OUR CITIES. VIOLENCE WE’VE SEEN IS WRONG. FIRST WE GOT HAVE PEACE AND CALLED. WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ORDERLY SOCIETY. WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. I’VE BEEN TALKING TO FOLKS IN THE OLD MARKET. THEY’RE SCARED TO DEATH. SO FOLKS WE HAVE TO RESTORE PEACE AND CALM. SO WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO SUPPORT CHIEF SCHMADERER TO BE ABLE TO HELP HIM BRING THAT ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE, THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE MAYOR’S ORDERS, WHICH I SUPPORT A HUNDRED PERCENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THE LAST COUPLE DAYS THE PATIENCE AND DISCIPLINE. THEY DEMONSTRATED LET’S ROLL. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BEEN DOING. BE ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. I ALSO NOTICED OUT TODAY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE CLEANING UP DOWN IN THE OLD MARKET IN OMAHA. THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING LINCOLN. I APPRECIATE ALL THE FOLKS ARE COMING OUT TO START SWEEPING UP GLASS AND HELP MANY THINGS UP. IF WE NEED TO BE LOST. CITIES BOTH CITIES BACK IN ORDER AGAIN, FOLKS I NEED TO HAVE PEACE AND CALL. PLEASE STAY HOME TONIGHT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. AND WE WILL BE DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT. POLICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM. WITH THAT I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF SCHMADERER WHO’S GOING TO TO SAY A FEW MORE WORDS. THANK YOU GOVERNOR. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO LAST NIGHT WAS ONE OF THE LONGEST NIGHTS. BUT THE CITY OF OMAHA HAS EVER HAD. WE HAD SOME SHOOTINGS SOME ASSAULTS. IT WAS COUNTLESS PROPERTY DAMAGE. THERE WAS VIOLENCE AGAINST THE POLICE. BIG REMAINING EVEN MADE AN ARREST FOR POSSESSION POSSESSION OF A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL. MOLOTOV COCKTAILS WERE WERE THROWN DOWN IN THE OLD MARKET. WE MADE A REST OF SOMEBODY ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE TO THE OMAHA POLICE HEADQUARTERS. THE ARREST WAS OF A WHITE MALE. FROM A CITY OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA LAST NIGHT WE MADE 51 ARREST THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARRESTS WERE. ABOUT WHITE SUSPECTS. WE ARE IN THE NOW OF COMPILING. ALL THE INFORMATION ON THOSE ARRESTS TO HAVE THAT DISSEMINATED TO THE MEDIA. IT’S PUBLIC INFORMATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT THE FBI HAS AGREED TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OUR ARREST TOO. TO DO A BACKGROUND ON ANY OF THE SUSPECTS THAT WE ARRESTED. LIKE TO GET INTO WHY I ASKED FOR THE ASSISTANCE FROM THE NEST, NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD FIRST OF ALL THE SCOPE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE LAST NIGHT BECAME EXTREMELY LARGE. STARTED AT 72ND AND DODGE AND THEN MOVE DOWNTOWN TO THE OLD MARKET AREA AND THEN IN A FEW OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO A LOT OF TERRAIN TO COVER AND THEN THE SIZE OF THE CROWDS GREW FROM FIVE HUNDRED TO AN ESTIMATE OF 4,000. THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. IS WORKING 12-HOUR SHIFTS. A LOT OF FATIGUE AND RESOURCE DEPLETION HAS SET IN. AND AS CHIEF OF THE CITY, I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE. AN APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SECURITY AND PROTECTION FOR COMMUNITY AND THE FINAL REASON IS I KNEW THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR MORE VIOLENCE. SO IN CONSULTATION WITH MY EXECUTIVE STAFF. I CALLED THE MAYOR AND ASK FOR THE MAYOR’S ASSISTANCE TO CONTACT THE GOVERNOR FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD ASSISTANCE. THE GOVERNOR HAS AGREED. AND THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE EMBEDDED EMBEDDED WITH THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LAST THING I WANT AND THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE DO NOT WANT A MILITARY OCCUPATION THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE WHAT IS A RESOURCE? EXPANDER FOR US THAT WE REALLY THAT WE REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW. WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHY WE CHOSE 8 P.M. AND THE 25 CAPACITY TO START AT 8 TONIGHT. ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT IS THERE IS A SIGNATURE EVENT THAT’S TAKING PLACE AT THE MALCOLM X MEMORIAL. IT’S PUT ON BY THE MALCOLM X MEMORIAL FOUNDATION. THAT IS A RALLY. THE PROTESTER WE FELT THE VOICES NEED TO BE HEARD. HORSES ARE VERY SIGNATURE TO WHAT’S GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND QUITE FRANKLY I’VE NOT BEEN A PART OF ANY OF THE ANARCHY. THAT WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH AS A CITY. AS IT RELATES TO ALL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FBI AND THE US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO DETERMINE IF ANY FEDERAL CHARGES. SO WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THEM ON BOTH THOSE FRONTS. I WANT TO TOUCH ON. THE SHOOTING AND THE THE TERRIBLE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED. AT 12:07 -- STREET LAST NIGHT AT TWENTY TO FIFTY DOLLARS. THAT’S 1058. OMAHA POLICE WASN’T AREA RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING WHERE THEY LOCATED THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO RENDER AID CALLED THE PARAMEDICS. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT DID DETAIN. SOMEBODY WHO FIRED THAT WEAPON THAT INDIVIDUAL REMAINS IN OMAHA POLICE CUSTODY. ANY CHARGING OR COOKING DECISION ON THAT FRONT WILL COME FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. I’VE SPOKEN WITH DON KLEINE AND HE TELLS ME THAT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PRESS CONFERENCE. SO BEFORE I TURN THE PODIUM OVER TO KRISTI JOHNSON OF THE FBI. AFTER US ATTORNEY, JOE KELLY TALKS, WE WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR QUESTIONS. WHAT I’M GOING TO ASK IS YOU IDENTIFY THE NEWS ORGANIZATION YOU’RE WITH. WE’LL CALL ON YOU WILL HAVE A MICROPHONE BROUGHT TO YOU. SO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PUBLIC CAN HEAR THE QUESTION. AND THAT’S HOW WILL ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON AS MENTIONED. MY NAME IS KRISTI JOHNSON. I’M A SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE FBI HERE IN OMAHA, AND WE COVER ALL OF NEBRASKA AND ALL OF IOWA. I’M SIMPLY HERE TODAY TO JUST REMIND YOU THAT THE FBI IS A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY OUR DUTY TO KEEP THE CITIZENS SAFE TOGETHER WITH OUR STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS. FBI ROUTINELY INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE FEDERAL CRIME OF CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS WHEN WE FIND EVIDENCE OF THESE CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, WE’VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO BRING CHARGES. WE’D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE FOR THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO KEEP KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY SAFE. SO TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT FEDERAL CHARGES IS OUR UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA JOE KELLY. THANK YOU. ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY IN THIS CASE WOULD BE TO PROSECUTE ANYONE. WHO HAS VIOLATED A FEDERAL LAW? A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE IF SOMEONE FROM OUT OF STATE HAS CROSSED STATE LINES INTO NEBRASKA. WITH THE SPECIFIC INTENT COMMITTING A CRIME OF VIOLENCE THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS WE’RE LOOKING FOR. AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF EVERY AMERICAN WATCH THE PEACEFULLY. DEMONSTRATE AND PROTEST WE ARE IN AND HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS LIKE THE FBI. STATE PARTNERS SHARING INFORMATION ISN’T ALWAYS THE CASE IN OTHER STATES. THAT IS THE CASE. THIS IS A TOUGH TIME FOR NEBRASKA. AND I THINK WE ALL WANT TO BRING THIS TO A PEACEFUL THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOE. I’M GOING TO START OFF THE FIRST QUESTION WITH WWT WWT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I G PRIME F 36 SO, IS THERE A CORRELATION? RIGHT NOW WE’RE SEEING WE’RE SEEING A DISTINCTION. THERE IS WHAT IS BEING THE SIGNATURE VOICES ON THE GEORGE FORD INCIDENT SHOULD COME FROM? THE VALLEY IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE THE MALCOLM X FOUNDATION. UP TO THIS POINT WE HAVE MADE A NUMBER OF ARRESTS. A PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT ALL. SO THAT’S THAT’S THE WAY I’LL PARSE OUT MY ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BRIAN. JOE YOU’RE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES OF THE PROCEDURE HERE. SO I’LL WAIT TILL YOU GET A MICROPHONE. GORDON COUNTY, NEBRASK DO YOU MIND IF I I WOULD BE THE ONE ADVISING THE MAYOR AS TO WHAT’S GOING ON IN AND OUT THERE AND THEN OF COURSE THE MAYOR MAKES THE FINAL DECISION, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE CITY ARE IF WE FEEL THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND IT THEN I’LL ASK AND THEN THE MARROW MAKE THAT DECISION BUT IT’S ALL GOING TO BE TOWARDS IS ORDER RESTORED IN THE CITY. ARE WE BACK TO NORMAL? AND I THINK SAFE TO RESUME. THOSE ARE THE VERY SIMPLE GUIDELINES. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VERY VERY SERIOUSLY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CURFEW ISSUED IN THE CITY OF OMAHA SINCE PJ MORGAN WAS MAYOR. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE AND WORK WITH OUR LAW DEPARTMENT VERY CAREFULLY BECAUSE WE EVEN ASKED, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU DO IT FOR PARTS OF TOWN? OH, WELL, IF YOU DO A CURFEW IT HAS TO BE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF OMAHA. I HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE AUTHORITY AFTER I DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. I COULD DO THAT FOR 72 HOURS. AND THAT’S WHY WE SAID THIS CURFEW WILL LAST FOR 72 HOURS ANYTHING BEYOND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND GET THEIR APPROVAL TO DO ANY STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND A CURFEW BEYOND 72 HOURS, SO THAT’S WHY WE PICKED THE 72 HOURS, BUT DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION AND WHAT’S GOING ON. I MAY NEED TO GO ASK ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND THAT. BOAT KNOW WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO IS WE HAVE BEEN IN CONSULTATION CONSULTATION WITH THE GENERAL MOHAWK. NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD THEY’LL BE EMBEDDED WITH US AND THEY WILL ALLOW US TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEY’LL BE BE THERE AS A SUPPORT POLE. FOR INSTANCE YOU’RE GOING TO STILL SEE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. INTERACTING AND DEALING WITH EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE A SUPPORT ROLE FOR US AS A RESOURCE MULTIPLIER THAT WE NEED AT THIS POINT TIME JOE. APPRECIATE THIS THOSE QUESTIONS. CAN I GO TO YOU NEXT CHRIS WITH A CAIFA BE YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP? EARLIER TODAY THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT DESIGNATED AS THEY ANTI-FOG AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. TWO QUESTIONS ONE. HAVE YOU FOUND EVIDENCE OF THEM COORDINATING? AND WHAT RESOURCES DOES THAT BRING TO BEAR AS YOU TRY TO IRON THIS OUT AND MAYBE SEARCH FOR MORE IMPORTANT? SO WE HAVEN’T FOUND A DIRECT CONNECTION, BUT THAT’S ALSO WHY I’VE ASKED THE FBI TO ASSIST US WITH GOING THROUGH OUR ARREST LIST. SO THAT’S WHY WE ARE COMMUNICATING CLEARLY ON FRONT OF THAT FRONT. THE SECOND QUESTION REALLY WILL COME INTO PLAY ONCE WE CAN VERIFY CERTAIN FACETS OF WHAT THAT BACKGROUND WILL GO INTO BUT WE’RE WE’RE SO EARLY INTO THIS. WE HAVEN’T DONE THAT YET. K.MICHELLE BANDU WHAT ARE YOU HEARING? WHAT CHANGES CAN BE MADE IN IT? SO WHAT CHANGES CAN ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE TO MAKE IT BETTER? FIRST OF ALL MICHELLE I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE. HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EVERYBODY ARE KNEELING TOGETHER ON THIS. THERE’S NOT A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AS THE WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THAT INCIDENT. SO THAT’S A BEAUTIFUL STARTING POINT FOR US. AND I WAS LIKE A COMMON GROUND TO START TO SPRINGBOARD THINGS ON. AND WITHIN ALL THE LAYERS THAT THAT WE CAN DO THAT I COULD PROBABLY TALK FOR FOUR DAYS ON INTERNAL THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. BUT LET’S FOCUS TODAY ON THE COMMON GROUND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD UP FROM THAT. AND IF THERE’S ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT I’LL STEP ASIDE. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP TO THAT. NO, WE ALL AGREE. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY POLICE OFFICER IN OMAHA. THAT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE THERE SHOULD BE JUSTICE BUT DEMONSTRATING AND DESTROYING PUBLIC PROPERTY AND OMAHA. NEBRASKA IS NOT GOING TO BRING JUSTICE. DID GEORGE FLOYD THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN UP IN MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT SINCE I HAVE BEEN MARRIED ALMOST SEVEN YEARS NOW. I HAVE SEEN THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF SCHMADERER IN HIS COMMAND STAFF. THEY’RE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY MAKE REMARKABLE PROGRESS ON COMMUNITY-POLICE RELATIONS. THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD ON IT. THEY BELIEVED IN COMMUNITY POLICING THEY ARE OUT THERE WORKING AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC ALL OF THE TIME. I THINK WE’VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS. I’M AND EARLIER THE DEATH OF CARRIER. RASCA OROSCO IT BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER IN OMAHA. NOT JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE ENTIRE CITY THERE WAS GOOD THAT CAME OUT OF THAT TRAGEDY AND EVERYBODY IN OMAHA FOR A WHILE WAS WEARING THE SUPPORT BLUE T-SHIRTS. SO GENERALLY I FEEL LIKE THE WORK THEY’VE ALREADY DONE HAS REALLY IMPROVED POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS. WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE BUT GENERALLY THE PEOPLE IN OMAHA RESPECT THE JOB THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES I MENTIONED THIS THE OTHER DAY WE VERY FEW ARE COMPLAINTS THAT COME TO US FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE. GENERALLY. THERE’S A LOT OF SUPPORT AND A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THAT’S WHY IT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF THIS VIOLENCE IS NOT COMING FROM FELLOW OMAHA’S THAT A LOT OF THIS VIOLENCE IS BEING IN CITED BY OTHERS WHO JUST WANT TO HAVE A VOICE BUT HAVING A VOICE IN VIOLENCE IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE ARE WE’RE ALL LISTENING AND WE UNDERSTAND AND WE ALL AGREE AND WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY THERE. TO BE JUSTICE AND WE FEEL WHAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA WAS TERRIBLE, BUT JUSTICE IS NOT VIOLENCE IN THE CITY OF OMAHA, AND WE’VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE’VE GOT TO UNITE TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE WILL ALWAYS ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE BETTER. IF ANYBODY SAYS WE’RE AS GOOD AS WE CAN BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY WERE WRONG, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE BETTER, BUT I THINK THAT THEY HAVE MADE REMARKABLE PROGRESS AND I WANT TO SEE THAT PROGRESS CONTINUE. DOCTOR THANK YOU. ALSO MICHELLE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN DOING IN MY ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO REACHING OUT TO LEADERS IN NORTH AND SOUTH OMAHA. OBVIOUSLY BEEN WORKING WITH REGARD TO THIS PANDEMIC. WE’VE HAD CONVERSATIONS THOUGH ALSO ABOUT DIRECTOR FRAKES HAVING PHONE CALLS WITH TIME VANDANA CAN’T DO A MEET IN PERSON MEETINGS. BUT WITH NORTH OMAHA LEADERS, AND I’D REFER FOLKS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PLANNING ON WORKING ON TO THE PRESS RELEASE. WE PUT OUT OVER A WEEK AGO WITH REGARD TO SOME OF THE STEPS. NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE PANDEMIC ISSUES IN NORTH AND SOUTH OMAHA, BUT ALSO WORK ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE IN NORTH AND SOUTH OMAHA. SO THESE ARE THE TYPES OF STEPS THAT WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS. I JUST ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID THE VIOLENCE IS NOT PUSHING THOSE THINGS FOR WE UNDERSTAND PEOPLE’S CONCERNS AND WE KNOW WE GOT TO DO MORE WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE BUT THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER. IN FACT, I THINK IT JUST REALLY JUST WORKS THE OPPOSITE JUST REALLY KIND OF DENIGRATES THE MEMORY OF GEORGE FLOYD WHAT I DON’T THINK HE WOULD HAVE WON. SO HE WOULD HAVE WANTED US TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITY MORE RELATING BETTER RELATIONSHIPS TO BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS WITH HIS IPHONE. MONA I’M GOING TO WITH CHICK WASIKOWSKA FROM CHANNEL 3. WELL, HE WASN’T RELEASED ONCE HE WAS DETAINED. HE’S BEEN IN OUR CUSTODY EVER SINCE. TOM BECC THANK YOU. CHIEF VIDEO OF THE SHOOTING LAST NIGHT. TOM LET ME SAY THIS I’VE BEEN A PRIZE THAT THERE’S SOME VIDEO I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE LOGISTICS OF THE THE ECOSYSTEM THAT’S PLAYING OUT RIGHT NOW, SO I HAVEN’T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE DEEPLY INTO THAT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY IS INDICATED TO ME THAT HE’LL HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN HE MAKES HIS DECISION THAT AND THE DECISION TO BOOK OR WE’LL COME FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY’S POSITION, BUT HE’S CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING MILITARY POLICE. THEY’LL HAVE THEY’LL HAVE THAT EXTRA TRAINING AND THAT MILITARY POLICE BACKGROUND WHICH WOULD BE WHICH IS OUR BEST CASE SCENARIO WHEN IN AND WORKING WITH US. SO THEY’LL BE ARMED AND EVERYTHING JUST LIKE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. CHRIS I CAN TREAT THE INDIVIDUAL FROM OUT-OF-STATE ARRESTED WITH THE BALL TOP COCKTAIL. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT STATE? HE’S FROM COUNT THINGS IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS, MAYBE. NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT, BUT WE’LL GET TO THE PACKET OF WE’RE ALL THAT’S FROM YET ANOTHER QUESTION. YOU’RE WELCOME. CONCERNING THE MURDER LAST NIGHT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGH WELL I’M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MURDER INVESTIGATION. OKAY, THEY THE INFRACTIONS THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PANDEMIC. FRACTIONS ARE MAIN THING TO DEAL WITH RIGHT NOW. LIKE I SAID THE CHARGING DECISION. IT IS THAT COMES FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. I’M THE CHIEF OF POLICE. YOU MAKE THE DETAINMENT COUNTY ATTORNEY MAKES THE CHARGING DECISION. THAT’S THAT’S HOW THAT THAT’S HOW THAT WORKS. OKAY. SO I’M BRIAN MASTER. BRIAN HAVEN’T HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO ANYBODY’S FAMILY AND YOU HEARD ME EARLIER SAY THAT I HAVEN’T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THE ECOSYSTEM OF EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH TO DIVE INTO THAT PARTICULAR CASE CASE TO TO AN INFINITE LEVEL. YOUR TICKET ONE OR TWO MORE QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE? IF PROPERTY OWNERS FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO DO AN EXTRA LEVEL OF PROTECTION A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES ALONG 72ND STREET HAVE ELECTED TO PUT PLYWOOD ON FRONT OF THEIR WINDOWS THINGS LIKE THAT REALIZE THAT WE’VE TAKEN GREAT EXTRA MEASURES AS A CITY HERE TODAY TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY’S PROPERTY AND SAFETY IS SECURE. SO THOSE ARE A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE. I DO NOT CONDONE ANY VIGILANTE ACTIONS IF THAT’S THE NATURE OF IN THE PREMISE BEHIND YOUR QUESTION. I DO NOT CONDONE THAT AT ALL. THAT’S THAT’S WHERE IT’S GOING AND I’M NOT SURE IF IT WAS APOLOGIZE IF I HAD LIVED TOO MUCH. LET’S DO. ST. COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, SO I’M GOING TO GO TO RICK ROUBLES ON MY WORLD HERALD THEN I’LL GO TO YOU ROGER. PLEASE MAN, YOU SAID THAT? AREA OKAY, YEAH. THANK YOU, BROTHER. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE WAY? HAS OUTSIDE INFLUENCE YOU’RE MOVING FORWARD TO BRINGING THE FIRST OF ALL, I AM PROUD OF YOU MOM POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY HAVE PERFORMED VERY WELL IN A A VERY EXTREMELY HARD CIRCUMSTANCES. I ASKED ANYBODY THAT SITS BACK AND WANTS TO MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK EVERYTHING. IMAGINE IF YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATIONS THAT WE’VE DEALT WITH IN THE CITY FOR THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, WE’VE HANDLED IT AS BEST WE COULD. AS PROFESSIONALS WE COULD HAVE EVERYTHING PERFECT. ARE WE LEARNING AND ADAPTING AS WE GO? OF COURSE? WHAT IS THE SECOND QUESTION AGAIN? HOW DO YOU REMEMBER THE COMMUNITY WEDNESDAY? FIRST OF ALL THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND WE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP AND WE KNEW HOW TO ADDRESS ISSUES AS THEY AROSE. AND THAT WAS INTERCEPTED AND INTERRUPTED RIGHT NOW. IN PART IN PART BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC BUT IN PART BECAUSE OF THE AGITATORS THAT HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH. PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY SO I CANNOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO THE DAYS WHEN WE ARE DEALING DIRECTLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO QUITE FRANKLY HAVE BEEN GOOD TO US AND WE HAVE TRIED TO STEP UP HONORABLY AND RETURN. ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN WE GOT TO GO SURE. I WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT CHIEF SCHMADERER. I’VE WORKED WITH HIM FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AND HE IS A NO-NONSENSE POLICE CHIEF. HE TAKES THINGS VERY VERY SERIOUSLY. HE PRAISES HIS OFFICERS WHEN HE NEEDS TO PRAISE THEM AND MANY TIMES HE DOES BECAUSE I AGREE WITH HIM. I THINK THEY DO A GREAT JOB FOR THE CITY OF OMAHA, BUT I HAVE ALSO SEEN HIM DEAL WITH PROBLEMS AND HE TAKES THOSE PROBLEMS VERY SERIOUSLY. HE WILL IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATE. HE’S THOROUGH HE WILL DISCIPLINE AND HE WILL TERMINATE THAT’S THE KIND OF CHIEF HE IS SO HE IS YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS, BUT IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT AGAINST AN OFFICER FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE OR ANYTHING ELSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU ALL IT IS ALWAYS INVESTIGATED, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS BE BETTER. WE KNOW WE CAN DO THAT AND I MENTIONED THIS THE OTHER DAY. COULD I ADD ONE MORE LAYER? WE CREATED A CITIZEN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD THAT IF A COMPLAINT ABOUT AN OFFICER COMES THROUGH THE CHIEF AND IN THE COMPLAINTANT ISN’T HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPTION THAT THEY CAN. TO THE CITIZEN COMPLAINT BOARD AND HAVE A BOARD OF CITIZENS REVIEW WHAT THE COMPLAINT IS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS. SO I WILL I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE HE HAS DONE A VERY VERY GOOD JOB. I WANT TO GET BACK TO THOSE DAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE SAYING SUPPORT BLUE. I KNOW THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS IN OMAHA FEEL THAT WAY TOO AND AT ONE MORE THING I DO WANT TO ADD IS I REALLY WANT TO THANK SO MANY VOLUNTEERS AND SO MANY CITIZENS OF OMAHA THAT I SAW COME DOWNTOWN THIS MORNING AND SAY WHAT CAN I DO? I MEAN THEY ARE CLEANING UP DOWNTOWN WITHOUT ASKING ANYBODY IF THEY WILL DO THAT. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO LOWE’S THE MANAGER LOWS CALLED ME EARLY THIS MORNING AND SAID, DO YOU NEED PLYWOOD I’LL BRING IT DOWN DELIVER IT AND I’LL GIVE IT TO YOU AND THIS AFTERNOON HE DELIVERED OVER 320 HUGE SHEETS OF PLYWOOD SO DOWNTOWN THEY COULD USE IT TO BOARD UP ALL THE WINDOWS THAT WERE BROKEN. SO THAT’S THAT’S WHAT OMAHA HAS ARE REALLY LIKE THEY’RE WORKING TOGETHER. THEY WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS THEY WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON. OKAY LAST QUESTION, GO AHEAD. SURE. WELL, I MEAN WE DIDN’T OKAY, I DID AN INTERVIEW LAST NIGHT RIGHT NEAR THE END OF THE PROTESTS WHERE I LAID OUT ALL THE REASONS WHY IT HAD TO BE DECLARED AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY THAT ROCKS WERE BEING THROWN AT LAW ENFORCEMENT. A BOTTLES OF BEING THROWN AT US GUNS LOOK SOMEBODY YOU CAN VERY EASILY EMBED THEMSELVES IN A PEACEFUL CROWD OF A THOUSAND. COME OUT OF THE COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS INSIGHT SOMETHING SWIM BACK INTO THE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. OKAY, AND THEN IN THE AFTERMATH CLAIMED IT WAS AS A RESULT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE WAS NOT ALWAYS BE SO GULLIBLE TO THAT. ALL RIGHT THAT CAN HAPPEN AND IT HAS HAPPENED HERE. LOOK, WE’RE NOT PERFECT. OKAY, BUT WE HAVE TRIED IN OUR OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO GIVE EVERY EVERY POSSIBLE LEEWAY POSSIBLE TO HAVE A PEACEFUL PROTEST. AND IF IT WERE TO REMAIN PEACEFUL IT COULD HAVE WENT ON AS LONG AS THEY WANTED IT TO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ARE WRAPPING UP A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AFTER TWO NIGHTS OF PROTEST AT THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW CHIEF SCHMADERER MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT THE GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE ANDERSON, AND ALSO JOE KELLY’S US ATTORNEY ALL OUTLINING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WHEN HE GOT PARTICULARLY VIOLENT ONE PERSON DID DIE. WE DID NOT HEAR MANY DETAILS THOUGH ABOUT THE DEATH OF 22 YEAR-OLD JAMES SPURLOCK. THIS IS A PHOTO OF SCURLOCK PROVIDED BY A FRIEND THIS MORNING POLICE CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY LESS THAN AN HOUR BEFORE TODAY’S NEWS CONFERENCE. INVESTIGATORS SAY SCURLOCK WAS SHOT AT 12:07 HARNEY STREET RIGHT BEFORE 11 O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT. POLICE SAY THEY HAVE ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY STILL IN CUSTODY. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED THAT PERSON’S NAME NOR HAS THAT PERSON BEEN RELEASED AT ALL STILL IN CUSTODY. THERE’S NO WORD YET ON ANY CHARGES IN THE CASE. IT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND UNDER REVIEW BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ALSO TODAY MAYOR. JEAN STOTHERT HAS ANNOUNCED A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND A CURFEW THIS GOING TO LAST 72 HOURS. STATE OF EMERGENCY THE CURFEW RUNS FROM 8 P.M. TO 6:00 A.M. STARTING TONIGHT MEANS NO ONE CAN BE ON PUBLIC STREETS OR SIDEWALKS. NO GATHERING OF MORE THAN 25 PEOPLE AT ALL. NATIONAL GUARD IS GOING TO BE EMBEDDED WITH THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT SOME OF THOSE SOLDIERS HAVE MILITARY POLICE TRAINING GOVERNOR RICKETTS SAID WHAT BEGAN AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS HAVE BEEN HIJACKED BY PEOPLE SEEKING THE PEOPLE SEEKING TO DO HARM AND ALONG THOSE LINES CHIEF SCHMADERER SAID AT LEAST ONE OF THE 51 PEOPLE. ARRESTED LAST NIGHT WAS FROM OUT OF STATE CARRYING A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL MAYBE FEDERAL CHARGES INVOLVED WITH WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. HE WAS TURNING JOE KELLY IS LOOKING INTO THAT THAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE WILL CROSS STATE LINES SPECIFICALLY TO DO VIOLENCE. THERE IS A MEETING SCHEDULED TONIGHT AT THE MALCOLM X MEMORIAL UPON EVAN STREAK CITY LEADERS SAY THAT MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE HEARD WITHOUT THE VIOLENCE AND SO THERE THIS ONE REASON FOR ALL CURFEW TONIGHT AND TO TRY TO TECH THAT SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WANT THE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE PEACEFUL. NOW THE MAYOR AND OTHERS ALSO COMMENTED ON THE EFFORT TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE DAMAGE WE SAW IN THE OLD MARKET YOU MENTIONED THE DONATION FROM LOWE’S MORE THAN 300 SHEETS OF PLYWOOD TO HELP BOARD UP WINDOWS THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TODAY. THANK THE HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS A WE SAW THIS MORNING WHO HELPED CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SCRUB GRAFFITI OFF WALLS AND SIDEWALKS AND IN A STATEMENT. THE DISTRICT SAID, IT’S TIMES LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS SEEING EVERYONE OUT TODAY’S RESTORED A LITTLE FAITH IN HUMANITY. THE DISTRICT’S ASPECTS. WE WILL SEE MORE PROTEST TONIGHT AND THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THAT. WE WILL BE BACK WITH UPDATES AS WARRANTED AND REMEMBER YOU CAN CHECK THE NEWS ANYTIME ON. Q.COM A KETV MOBILE APP. APP. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOO
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Lincoln mayor institutes curfew for Monday evening
The city of Lincoln will be under a curfew starting at 9 p.m. Monday, according to Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird. Baird announced that, in the interest of public safety, she has issued an Emergency Declaration that will implement a curfew for all Lincoln residents from 9 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 2.Related video above: The city of Omaha implements a curfew Sunday evening.

The city of Lincoln will be under a curfew starting at 9 p.m. Monday, according to Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird.

Baird announced that, in the interest of public safety, she has issued an Emergency Declaration that will implement a curfew for all Lincoln residents from 9 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. Tuesday, June 2.

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Related video above: The city of Omaha implements a curfew Sunday evening.