Protests started off in a couple of places around town. I started at 72nd/dodge which devolved quickly enough with cops gassing and pepper balling the crowd in effort to get them to disperse. Less vandalism at this area this time around which was nice.
muh garden!
Saw this guy here, the day before, and downtown later that night. Had a good look.
With how much they shot off it was surprisingly hard to get a good launch picture. Burning thing was bad a tear gas round I think.
Gotta love all the aid guys. They still got fucked but they helped people deal with the gas, pepperballs, and injuries (I was properly masked this day so it wasn’t an issue for me.
gotta protect applebees
Ho boy were they stupid. They got heckled out of the area, followed, and beat up. Not like a on the ground beating but a fight that ended with the guy bee-lining it out of there to the cops. It was a little weird to watch because someone started a bubble maker during the fight (was out of position for fight so no pictures).
Went downtown after 72nd quieted down. This was the night with a lot of property damaged. Watched a lot of it happen. It was super intense when I got there with police volleying tear gas and spraying pepper balls into anyone who came close. Saw some leaf blowers and buckets but Omaha’s riot game is weak. Also saw plenty of bottles, rocks, and firework mortars being tossed at the cops. Had some of the fireworks go off directly next to me, wasn’t great.
I really thought this car was going to hit these cops. He came speeding out of the cloud and stopped like a foot short freaking everyone (cops, protestors, and rioters all) the fuck out. Looking at the pictures of it I think the couple were just trying to escape and were driving recklessly in a low visibility area.
If you know any cops who were there last night let them know these guys probably meant no malice. Will make the close call a little softer.
They never got the water canon out much to my disappointment (disappointed as a photographer only).
Night is wearing down and people are taking break at the corner of 11th and Harney. This area clears out as people head back towards the court house for another session of gas and pepper balls.
Back up to the court house, NE corner.
I got really tired of running from poorly thrown fireworks.
I left after this. It was getting a little intense and it was hard to find a safe vantage point to work from. My goggles also starting fogging something fierce so my sight dropped like a rock. So I called it night.