Who are the Omaha protesters? Despite claims of outside agitators, most of those arrested are local
Omaha World-Herald: As the protests against police brutality and racism grew in strength, numbers and outrage over recent days in Omaha, the rumors and social media posts flew fast and furious.
- published: 2020/07/01
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Among the allegations: Protesters were coming in from out of state. Rioters planned to ransack the Village Pointe shopping center in west Omaha. Members of the anti-fascism movement called antifa were recruiting protesters — and promising pay of $25 per hour — to sow the seeds of chaos in Omaha and Lincoln.
There are people who are drawn by the violence and the opportunity to engage in it under this socially accepted cause
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Who are the Omaha protesters? Despite claims of outside agitators, most of those arrested are local