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Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Nebraska.
137Documented
1In custody
80Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Nebraska
Where Nebraska’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1910s 79
1980s 25
1930s 11
1950s 7
1970s 6
2020s 5
Recent dashboard entries from Nebraska
The newest published events and reporting located in Nebraska, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
A Grand Island High ICE walkout ends in an altercation; one man arrested
Protest
Thousands fill Turner Park for the Omaha No Kings rally
Protest
Rep. Mike Flood booed over the budget bill and Medicaid at a Lincoln town hall
Protest
Protesters use the College World Series as a backdrop to decry ICE raids
Prosecution
Four protesters charged after Omaha ICE raid at meatpacking plant
Protest
Immigration raid rocks Nebraska plant; protesters and police clash
Arrest
Four people were arrested after a protest against an ICE raid at Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha; one, a US-citizen plant worker, was charged with assaulting officers and breaking a vehicle window with a rock
Documented cases
137 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez
In Custody
Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez was arrested on June 14, 2026 and accused of leading an anti-government plot to att...
George Adams
Released
George Adams was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over 18 mon...
Ross Anderson
Released
Ross Anderson, 59, of Americus, Georgia, was one of the pacifists who in July 1959 climbed the fence at the Me...
Jo An Yellow Bird
Released
Jo An Yellow Bird was an American Indian Movement activist married to Nebraska AIM coordinator Bob Yellow Bird...
Tom Anthony Cordaro
Released
Tom Anthony Cordaro, born September 29, 1954 in Des Moines, is a Catholic peace activist, writer, and organize...
Rev. James William Dubert
Released
Rev. James William Dubert was an Iowa peace activist and Roman Catholic priest. Born February 16, 1954, he stu...
Gerald "Jerry" Ebner
Released
Gerald A. “Jerry” Ebner was an itinerant Catholic Worker and anti-nuclear activist. On August 5, 1987, Ebner a...
John D. Ford
Released
John D. Ford was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighte...
Donald Fortenberry
Released
Donald Fortenberry was a pacifist arrested with Bradford Lyttle in July 1959 for trespassing at the Mead, Nebr...
Janette Funaro
Released
Dr. Janette Funaro was a peace activist and later a college professor and academic administrator. She entered...
Duane Grady
Released
Duane Grady was a Church of the Brethren minister, war-tax resister, and coordinator of the Iowa Peace Network...
Chester “Chet” Lee Guinn
Released
Chester “Chet” Lee Guinn was a United Methodist minister and longtime Iowa peace and justice organizer, born J...
Henry Harris
Released
Henry Harris was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighte...
Charles B. Hudson
Released
Charles B. Hudson was an Omaha publisher whose America in Danger newsletter circulated antisemitic and far-rig...
Frank LaMere
Released
Frank LaMere was a Winnebago activist and Nebraska political leader known for Indigenous-rights advocacy and h...
Anthony Ladd
Released
Anthony Ladd, 45, was arrested January 12, 2022 after threatening a pro-life advocate with a section of rebar...
Ed Lazar
Released
Ed Lazar, a 24-year-old New York City pacifist, was jailed for six months for antinuclear civil disobedience a...
Bradford Lyttle
Released
Bradford Lyttle is an American pacifist organizer whose arrests span more than half a century, from draft refu...
Tyler Maple
Released
Arson of a Lincoln gas station during May 30 2020 protest. Sentence: 4 years prison. Verified via public court...
Nicholas Olson
Released
Nicholas Olson, 25, is an activist from Nebraska who was among the first five people arrested at the Stop Cop...
Ed Poindexter
Released
Edward Poindexter was a Vietnam war veteran and a member of the Black Panther Party who was arrested for the k...
David Rice
Released
David Rice was a Black Panther member, as was his co-defendant, Ed Poindexter. They were charged with the kill...
Darrell Rupiper
Released
Darrell D. Rupiper was a Missionary Oblate priest born March 7, 1937 in Carroll, Iowa. His ministry included w...
Marjorie Swann
Released
Marjorie Swann was a pacifist who served a six-month federal prison sentence for the 1959 'Omaha Action' prote...
Institutions in Nebraska
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Nebraska that appear in the census’s case files.
Nebraska State PenitentiaryLincoln, Nebraska
2 cases
Lancaster County District Court
1 case
Fort Robinson
1 case