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Nebraska
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.
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A. E. Brundson
A. E. Brundson edited the Loup City People’s Standard, which he began publishing in 1921. It championed the Ne...
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E. J. Burkhart
Named as E. J. Burkhart in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13,...
E
Elmer Buse
Named as Elmer Buse in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 1917...
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John Frank Cardiello
Released
John Frank Cardiello, known as Frank, was a Catholic Worker organizer, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and pea...
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D. M. Carr
Released
D. M. Carr was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Joe Cassier
Named as Joe Cassier in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 191...
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Richard Cleaver
Released
Richard Cleaver was an Iowa writer, Catholic Worker activist, and theologian. A 1975 graduate of Grinnell Coll...
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Charles Corzine
Named as Charles Corzine in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13,...
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James Cronin
Released
James Cronin was an Industrial Workers of the World organizer sent to the Scottsbluff area of Nebraska in Octo...
E
Ed Daley
Named as Ed Daley in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 1917 c...
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Roy Decker
Latchem identifies Roy Decker in the November 13, 1917 Omaha IWW arrests and individually records release on 1...
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Dean Denner
Dean Denner was individually convicted in September 1984 following the Offutt anti-nuclear demonstration and e...
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Mack Denny
Released
Mack Denny was listed in the National Civil Liberties Bureau's March 1919 compilation "War-Time Prosecutions a...
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Edward F. Dicks
Released
Edward F. Dicks was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eig...
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Peter P. Dirksen
Released
Peter P. Dirksen was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Nebraska imprisoned during World War I. Court-mar...
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W. Eicke
Named as W. Eicke in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 1917 c...
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Steven M. Fitch
Released
Steven M. Fitch is a Council Bluffs, Iowa resident who was found carrying a Molotov cocktail during BLM protes...
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Joe Garner
Released
Joe Garner was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen...
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George Glatt
Named as George Glatt in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 19...
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C. J. Gushwa
Named as C. J. Gushwa in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 19...
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Audress Harrell
Named as Audress Harrell in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13,...
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John Hauer
Released
John Hauer was from Fremont, Nebraska. John Hauer began serving a twenty-year prison sentence for obstructing...
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Edgar Held
Released
Edgar Held was beginning to serve a prison sentence on December 11, 1918, and was released on January 16, 1920...
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Simon Hendrickson
Released
Simon Hendrickson was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over e...
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