Bar owners warm up
to hot sheets’ virtues
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
Lincoln bar owners are wanning up
to the idea of hot sheets, but bar patrons
may not notice their effects.
The hot sheets, provided by the
Responsible Hospitality Council, list
names of people arrested in the past
month for alcohol-related offenses and
other disturbances downtown.
Bar owners said they are using the
hot sheets to keep an eye on patrons.
“If someone is showing irresponsi
ble behavior at other places, I don’t want
them in my bar,” said Jack Gross, owner
of Dugganls Pub, 440 S. 11th St
The first copy of die list was distrib
uted to bars three weeks ago with the
help of Lincoln police.
Most bar owners said they posted
the list where their employees could see
it and gave a copy to door attendants.
When door attendants come across
names on the list, they closely examine
die customers and their IDs before let
ting them into die bar, Duffy’s Tavern
owner Reg McMeen said.
Door attendants look for names that
are familiar from the list and then cross
check IDs, McMeen said.
Once such customers are inside,
employees can keep an eye on them to
watch for problems, McMeen said.
“This is a great tool for us,”
McMeen said. “And any tool we can get
to fight die battle, we’ll use.”
Bar owners extolled the virtues of
the hot sheets, but they could not say
there was a direct relationship to fewer
problems. Kristina Tiebel, part-owner
of Crane River Brewpub and Cafe, 200
N. 11* Street, said her employees pay
close attention to those on the list
depending on the offense listed.
“We make sure the people checking
IDs are aware of who is on the list,”
Hebei said
Barrymore’s manager Laird5
Habertan said he also keeps the list at
the door so employees can identify peo
ple who might cause problems.
Though they were all using the hot
sheets, none of the bar owners contacted
said they would ban listed patrons.
But bar owners do take alcohol
offenses seriously. They could face stiff
fines for thousands of dollars, or they
could even be shut down.
‘To a minor trying to buy alcohol,
it’s just a game and maybe a fine,”
McMeen said'“But for bar owners, it is
a threat to their livelihood”
YMCA lockers burglarised '
Someone burglarized the lockers
of three women at the YMCA, 1039 P
St., while they worked out
Wednesday.
The three victims, one 69-year
old and two JO-year-olds, were in a
swim class from 12:30 to l:5j/p.m.
while someone emptie&<fut their
unlocked lockers, Lincoln Police Sgt.
Ann Heermann said.
The thief then put new padlocks
on the lockers and locked them
• before going out to the parking lot to
burglarize the victims’ ears using
their car keys.
The thief took about $1,000 worth
of items from the three women, includ
ing orthopedic shoes and bifocals.
Police advise people to make sure
to lock up their belongings when they
work out.
Pot smokers found in Capitol
Two teen-agers tried to get higher
Tuesday evening by smoking mari
juana on the 14th floor of the Capitol.
A security guard patrolling the
14th floor around 5 p.m. smelled
burning marijuana and looked for the
source, Heermann said.
The guard detained the 17- and
18-year-old offenders "Until police
arrived.
They were cited for possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Compiled by senior staff writer
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Speakers urge people to take law enforcement brutality seriously
By Josh Funk
Senior staff writer
Police brutality is a plague on com
munities, and Lincoln is not immune,
protesters said Thursday.
As part of a national protest, about
25 teen-agers gathered on Centennial
Mall to discuss issues of police brutali
ty and civil rights, both locally and
nationally. *
The event, in its third year, attracted
a crowd of youth clad in oversized
cargo shorts adorned with numerous
hand-sewn patches advocating music
groups and social issues.
The five speakers shared their
experiences with social injustice and
advocated community involvement to
the crowd of teens.
The rally was sponsored by Food
Not Bombs, the Lincoln Justice
Committee, the American Civil
Liberties Union-Nebraska and
Lincoln^ chapter of Nebraskans for
Peace.
Police brutality is not a popular
subject in mainstream America, they
said.
“There are very few with the heart
to speak their mind, or to come here
today and be counted,” Frank LaMere,
a Winnebago Indian activist, said.
But until mainstream America
becomes upset, ACLU-Nebraska
Executive Director Matt LeMieux
said, nothing will change.
LaMere told the story of a tragedy
his Sioux City, Iowa, community
faced in 1995 when a 29-year-old
woman was gunned down by police
as she sat on her front porch. -
The unarmed woman bled to
death on her front porch while police
kept her mother and others from
offering aid or comfort, LaMere said.
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of your family... or when you are killed”
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In the aftermath, police reports did
not seem to agree with their own dis
patch cards, and LaMere said three
years later the community is still look
ing for answers.
But LaMere was quick to remind
the crowd that police brutality happens
a lot closer to home-in feet, just a few
blocks away.
As an activist, LaMere visited
Lincoln in 1992 when police shot and
killed Seth Whiteface late one night
Whiteface was inebriated and had
pointed a toy gun at police before he
was shot
LaMere also came to Lincoln in
September 1994 when Francisco
Renteria died of asphyxiation after a
struggle with police.
“And I’ll be back when hey kill a
member of your family, when they
choke you or when you are killed,”
LaMere said.
Senior Lisa Sock from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s
Amnesty International chapter told the
crowd, “America’s so-called land of the
free and home of die brave is only for
certain people.
“People are being abused every
day,” Sock said. “And we fail to deal
effectively with police brutality.”
A civil rights advocate for 28 years,
Dianne Myers, from the Lincoln
Justice Committee, a citizens group,
urged the crowd to stand up for the
things they are guaranteed as citizens.
“After 28 years, we shouldn’t be
here still trying to get basic rights,”
Myers said.
But 30 years after the civil rights
movement erupted in the South, people
are still fighting for their rights, said
Dan Williams, of the Citizens Against
Racism and Discrimination.
Williams said citizens must be on
alert, so they can respond to police bru
tality by reporting it and drawing atten
tion to the problem.
“You have to be aware that this sort
ofthing can happen anywhere,” he said,
“and students can make a difference.”
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