A federal Civil Rights lawsuit has been brought against the city of Omaha, the chief of police, and one police captain filed by the ACLU of Nebraska was announced today in a press conference hosted at Culxr House in North Omaha.

Nebraska's ACLU claims police brutality suppressed free speech this past summer in Omaha. The plaintiffs represented in the suit are some of those detained in the July 25th mass arrest on the Farnam Street bridge.

In addition to eight individuals, the organization ProBLAC – Progressive Black-Led Ally Coalition – is also represented by the ACLU. The suit, primarily focused on the use of chemical irritants, undue physical force, and arrests at the hands of the Omaha Police.

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