Omaha, NE police not only used excessive force while performing arrest, but they also entered a home without a warrant to confiscate video, and knocked over a woman in a wheelchair.
Here is the video:
A young man in black can be seen filming Omaha police officers using excessive force with his phone. The suspect’s brother was filming the abuse, and shouting at the officers, “That’s abuse. It’s abuse. It’s abuse,” and at one point telling an officer to, “get your knee off his neck.” As more officers arrive, police start chasing the brother in what appears to be an attempt to confiscate his phone.
According to PINAC, “Omaha police displayed an unbridled street gang brazenness when they chased a man who was video recording them abusing his brother into a private home, confiscating his phone and arresting him to ensure their actions would never see the light of day…Police also arrested a third brother inside the home they entered without a warrant, not to mention they knocked over a woman in a wheelchair.”
The Omaha police managed to use excessive force while arresting someone, then chased the person filming their conduct into a home, which they entered without a warrant, confiscated his video of the incident, charged him with disorderly conduct/obstructing police, and just for the sake of karma, knocked over a woman in a wheelchair.
Most law enforcement officers are decent people who perform dangerous jobs to the best of their ability, but it’s videos like this one that make all cops look bad. The Omaha police conspired with the local media to make sure that the video shot by the brother was not mentioned in any news reports, but their attempted cover up was thwarted by a neighbor who filmed the whole incident from a second story window.
Bad cops may be able to hide their brutality from the local press, but they can’t hide from YouTube.
Let this be a lesson to all who abuse their power. The cameras are everywhere, and we’re watching.
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Sergio
Mar. 25th, 2013 at 11:08 pm
What could possibly justify so many cops I looks like a traffic accident or a repo but 9 cop cars and then chasing the guy with the camera for what yelling filming or being black whil yelling and filming
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503me
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
One step closer to a fascist corporate owned government. Thank goodness, for the private citizens like this one, that was able to quite effectively video what was transpired, but he put it on You Tube, which in a way protected that video from being shut down, because so many people have seen it already, and like a bell that once rung, can not be un rung. The video was clear enough to get many of the police cars ID and the unbridled abuse of force in kicking and hitting someone already down. Hopefully more and more of their brutality will be caught on tape. They seem to have forgot that ‘intrusive video photo’s’ work both way. How sad for our country
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mary mac
Mar. 25th, 2013 at 11:39 pm
This is stardard operating procedure across the country now.
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gsb
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 8:37 am
“standard operating procedure” thank you shrub and the Patriot act.
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Deborah
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
No, it’s not “standard operating procedure.”. This was police brutality and a cover up. All those cops would not have been called out just for one person shouting. Police brutality is illegal…..of course they will cover up. Just like they do all over this country.
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Shiva
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:20 am
Wasnt there a ruling on whether people can film pigs?
That guy could have helped himself by keeping his mouth shut.
But, the actions of the police are reprehensible. We all know nothing will happen to them. Especially the one holding the guy on the ground hitting him while the rest of the 200 cops ran into the house after the mad filmer
Someday the people are going to take the law into their own hands.
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mjh
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:38 am
@5:11: “Why are you calling me ‘sir’ all the time?”
What would you rather be called? Asshole?
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Cyndi
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:52 am
Must not be much to do in Omaha if 30 cop cars can all show up for one man being arrested and one man filming the abuse of the cops while conducting the arrest. Guess they were suprised to find out that there was yet another video that documented all of it. Haha. The cop punching the handcuffed guy on the ground certainly deserves to lose his job.
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PJL
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 1:00 am
Thank god they didn’t shoot the dog! I was waiting for that when the dog came out barking at them…as any dog should.
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get real
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 3:13 am
The problem with hiring stupid ignorant belligerent a-holes to be cops is that after they eventually get sued for a ton of money doing something incredibly stupid WE have to pay for it!
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mathazar
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 5:12 am
I hope that neighbor is looking over his/her shoulder.
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Sez Smith
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 7:28 am
Holy SHOOT!!
gotta love the part where the pig thinks he’s alone and starts punching the handcuffed guy
all of that because the cops wanted to steal a car? So many cops in one place and not even one realizes this makes no sense? even an helicopter shows up, in a few year they’ll bomb the houses with their drones… thats gonna save much man power and cruiser gazoline.
one day citizens wont be shooting with cameras and the cops will be asking “why people angry, we only want to serve and protect?”
this video needs to be mass mailled so it does not die from the collective memory.
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Just A Dumb Fireman
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Fire these pigs. Then try, convict, and JAIL them.
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Just A Dumb Fireman
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Fire these pigs. Then try, convict, and JAIL them.
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Debra Vermaas
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 12:50 pm
As a resident of Omaha I am appalled by the actions of the police here. Everybody involved in this needs to be fired now. As for the media here, this is one of the reasons I don’t watch local news. What a disgrace for this city.
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Sherlock
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 2:32 pm
Let me count- 18 to 20 cops to arrest two guys. What unrivaled bravery in the face of hellish danger( there was a dog you know).
I always said that If I was black I would be a bad black. Real bad.
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Sherlock
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Can’t you hear them yelling—–”There’s DONUTS in the house- there’s DONUTS in the house”
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Kent Jackson
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 7:04 pm
OPD terrorizes it’s citizens in North Omaha, NE.
Their favorite is Nigga Hunting Nights….
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Laser Haas
Mar. 26th, 2013 at 7:29 pm
It is amazing how our country has gotten its goodness turned so upside down; where tyranny, cronyism, corruption and thumbing upon its citizens by those sworn “To serve and protect them”
has become the norm;
rather than the exception!
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robyn ryan
Mar. 27th, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Remember, we pay their salaries.
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Police Chief David Couper
Mar. 29th, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Police misconduct hurts everyone including police in terms of lost trust, support and cooperation. However, police can be reformed/improved. But it takes time and persistence. The proper policing of a democracy is best undertaken by men and women who are formally educated, carefully selected, well-trained, controlled in their use of force, effective, honest and truthful in their actions, courteous to every person, led by mature, collaborative leaders, compassionate, and closely in touch with the communities they serve. This requires a breath-taking vision, hiring the right people, and leading them wisely. Improvement can happen and it can be sustained! For more, follow my blog at http://improvingpolice.wordpress.com and take a look at my new book, “Arrested Development: A Veteran Police Chief Sounds Off…”
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