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Old Market Curfew? Administration Isn’t Saying No

By   /   June 19, 2012  /   9 Comments

OMAHA—Insisting it’s too soon to tell if a curfew could have stopped a deadly week-end shooting in the Old Market, the Suttle Administration is keeping its curfew options open.

David Dover, the mayor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, tells Nebraska Watchdog that the Old Market is very safe but the administration is open to changes that might make it safer.

Some members of the Old Market Business Association are talking up the possibility of a curfew following the death of Deanthony Bryant.

The 19-year-old was shot down just after 2 a.m. Sunday morning in a parking lot near 11th and Farnam Streets, where a large crowd had gathered.

Lt. Darci Tierney, a spokesperson for the Omaha Police Department, tells Nebraska Watchdog that the shooting was an “isolated incident.” Tierney adds that before the shooting ”special operations with extra patrols were being conducted within the Old Market in response to anticipated large crowds.”

Dover says the mayor’s office is waiting for OPD’s investigation to be completed before implementing any changes such as a curfew.

“We have to see if (a curfew) would actually help,” said Dover.

The scene of the shooting is just blocks away from TD Ameritrade Park, home to the College World Series which began Friday. Thousands of fans are in town for the games which end Monday or Tuesday of next week. As the CWS ends the Olympic Swim Trials hit the CenturyLink Center, also bringing thousands of fans downtown. The trials run June 25-July 2.

Tierney says, “Moving forward, the Omaha Police Department is analyzing our policing efforts in the Old Market and will make adjustments if necessary on staffing and/or approach.”

Reported by Joe Jordan, joe@nebraskawatchdog.org

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  • kimnovie

    I’m sure David Dover can take care of this problem (rolling my eyes).

  • joeblow

    I think Dover used to work at Rick’s Boatyard Cafe.

    Great qualifications to run the city. Maybe Hal gave him advice?

    When did Suttle give responsibilty to UNO interns? No wonder he was almost recalled.

  • Bob Smith

    Terrible idea! It WAS an ISOLATED INDIDENT!! Let these young people have a little fun, it’s summer you know. And if you were back in your youth, you would not want any curfew’s either.

  • SoWhat???

    If you have large groups of minority youth gathering in the Old Market, violence will follow. Look no further than the Crossroads to see what happens to business when a location gets a reputation for gang bangers hanging around whether deserved or not. If you want to “save” the Old Market, you have to prevent large groups of young minority males from gathering there.

  • Patrick

    Looks like Sowhat had a nice plate of Klan Cakes and a big ole cup White Power this morning.

    I was in the market an hour before the shooting. The young people were not starting any trouble, they were walking around like everyone else does in the Market. A lot of good kids acting properly.

    The Old Market does not need saving and doesn’t discriminate either. Sowhat says to keep minorities out, Sowhat needs to move back to Birmingham circa 1961.

  • L.A.

    Wasn’t Dover the guy who negotiated the contract for the Durango with the outrageous finance charge rates? Or, was he the one who ordered up the big yellow buses for the homeless with pay? How did he become Deputy Chief of Staff with such a mamby pamby stance given his past boldness?

  • Kirk Welch

    God what’s to question here? Be Proactive and crap like this doesn’t happen. since when did Politicians ever care about an isolated incident or anything else that didn’t effect their pocket books.

  • Jazzee

    Shouldn’t a curfew apply to all not just some?

  • Watching From Lincoln

    If they had left the CWS at the ‘Blatt and didn’t build Fahey’s Folly, none of this would be a concern. But for the case of monument envy by Fahey….