Photos by Travis Heying
(Above) The casket of slain Omaha police officer Jimmy Wilson is carried from St. John’s
Catholic Church Thursday morning after his funeral. (Right) A riderless horse, symbolizing
slain Omaha police officer Jimmy Wilson, leads a procession of police cars from the church
on the Creighton University campus. *
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Police cruisers, some from as far
away as Alliance, North Platte and
Gothenburg, were parked three'across
for almost four blocks. With their
emergency lights flashing, they drove
single-file to Calvary Cemetery to
bury Wilson. '
The procession was led by officers
on horseback. A riderless horse, led
by a member of the Omaha police
honor guard, symbolized the fallen
officer.
Jeannie Wilson said her brother
would have marveled at the outpour
ing of support offered by the people of
Omaha.
“After the sorrow comes an over
whelming-sense of pride from such a
loving community,” she said in her
eulogy. “If Jim could just see all the
love here...”
Nelson
condemns
youth gangs
OMAHA (AP) — Youth gang
members must change their behavior
or get out of Nebraska, Gov. Ben
Nelson said Thursday after attending
the funeral of a police officer who was
killed while conducting a traffic stop.
Police Officer James Wilson Jr.
was shot in the head Sunday night,
the first police officer to be killed in
the line of duty in Omaha since 1971.
Seven people have been arrested. Po
lice have said some,, if not all, of the
suspects have ties to youth gangs.
Nelson said he was not asserting
that Wilson’s murder was gang-re
lated. Even if it was not, Nelson said,
it is time to stop the spread of youth
gangs now found in cities including
Omaha, Lincoln and Scottsbluff.
“If we can work with our law en
forcement officials to stamp out this
scourge, to turn to these lawless indi
viduals who kill for thrills and for
other similar reasons that are unjusti
fied, not acceptable,” Nelson said, “it
is time that we say to them: 'Out,
we’re not going to tolerate you in the
state of Nebraska.’”
a news conierencc outside ms
Omaha home, the governor also said
he would propose to the Legislature
that the death penalty be automatic
for anyone convicted of killing a po
lice officer.
' “Nelson promised to appoint a task
force of local and state officials, com
munity leaders and law enforcement
officials to find ways* the state can
combat gangs. He said legislation
• may be needed or some other avenues
found.
* But people must realize that coopr
erating with police, helping church
arid community groups and keeping
an eye on their neighborhoods are of
' primary importance, Nelson said.
“It is the-moral equivalent of a war
against crime, particularly against
gangs,” Nelson said.
Nelson said his youngest son,:Pat,
wasone year behind Wilson at Omaha
Westside High School and wrestled
with Wilson. His son also told the
governor he had spoken with Wilson
in his patrol car just a few weeks
before the slaying.
“It drives it closer to home tor me,
but if this were a sheer stranger situ
ation, the result would have to be the
same,” Nelson said. “A stranger to
me means still a son, a father, a
brother,aftiend^f^Jjxjyelse’s.”
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