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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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George Stalker
George Stalker was a workers' leader deported from Omaha, Nebraska to Scotland in May 1933. The Daily Worker o...
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Rodney Lamar Stewart
Rodney Lamar Stewart, later known as Shakur Abdullah, was a Black Nebraska teenager sentenced to death on Augu...
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John Stine
Named as John Stine in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 1917...
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Frank Swakal
Named as Frank Swakal in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 19...
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Dan Thompson
Named as Dan Thompson in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 19...
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Harry Trotter
Latchem names Trotter in the November 13, 1917 Omaha IWW arrests, transferred to Chicago December 14, 1917 and...
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Jim Ward
Released
Jim Ward was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of RVW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eighteen m...
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E. Weidell
Named as E. Weidell in E. W. Latchem’s April 12, 1920 account of IWW members arrested at the November 13, 1917...
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Robert Weir
Released
Robert Weir was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eightee...
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Carl Wiklund
Released
Carl Wiklund was a Sherman County, Nebraska farmer prosecuted with Mother Bloor and other organizers after the...
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Robert Wier
Latchem identifies Robert Wier in the November 13, 1917 Omaha IWW arrests and individually records release on...
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William Wiertola
Released
William Wiertola was an IWW member named in the Omaha federal investigation following the November 13, 1917 co...
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George Winski
Released
George Winski was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eight...
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George Winsky
Latchem identifies George Winsky in the November 13, 1917 Omaha IWW arrests and individually records release o...
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Walter Wolski
Released
Walter Wolski was arrested in November 1917 in the roundup of IWW members in Omaha, Nebraska. After over eight...
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Dave Wyland
Released
Dave Wyland, a twenty-three-year-old pacifist from Toledo, joined the Omaha Action against construction of the...
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Wilmer Young
Released
Wilmer Young was a seventy-one-year-old Quaker from Wallingford, Pennsylvania, who joined the Omaha Action aga...
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