Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • A5

LincoLn JournaL Star Thursday, sepTember 29, 2016 A5 00 1 from page a3 letter on Wednesday with a letter of his own. is perhaps no more appropriate space for open and honest dialogue even dialogue which some of us may find un- comfortable or offensive than an institution of higher learn- Schroeder wrote. the University of Nebraska, our goal is to prepare our students to live and work in a world in which they will interact with a diverse range of people, including those with whom they disagree. would fall short of our mission if we did not expose our students to and encourage them to participate in free, passion- ate and, yes, difficult he added. Regent Hal Daub of Omaha on Tuesday said in an interview with the Journal Star that the three players who knelt during Satur- game should be removed from the team.

Daub, who later denied call- ing for the removal, said Wednesday on KOIL-AM that free speech to be within the ac- ceptable damaging the brand of the university and you create a distraction some people would say fine, have all this distraction but it just is dis- ruptive and it puts the others that disagree on the team in an uncom- fortable Daub said. their venue, they own it and it their he added. Schroeder said there have been individual conversations among regents regarding the board tak- ing any action against the three student-athletes. can assure you that we will take no such Schroeder said. the regents take our oath of office, we pledge to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nebraska.

Both are Schroeder said. of us enjoy the right to freedom of speech. Board of Regents policy, too, explicitly protects the rights of all members of the university community to make their opinions known. That means students are free to peace- fully protest. It also means others are free to criticize those Speaking Wednesday evening on KLIN-AM, Daub said even under the Constitution, speech is limited.

He added students should not be able to use taxpayer resources like the Husker Athlet- ics media room for their own pur- poses. about the rep- Daub said. are a part of making an impression about our football team. recruited to play football, a football program, not a place where opinions about politics and social justice are to be played Bounds said the nation faces difficult issues today, as it has its entire history. Debate, particu- larly on college campuses, must be welcomed and encouraged, he said.

want every student, faculty and staff member to know that I am unwavering in my support of your right to participate in these dialogues in the manner you choose under the First Amend- ment and University of Nebraska Bounds wrote. Players From A3 ZACH PLUHACEK Lincoln Journal Star Gov. Pete staff is work- ing to arrange a bye-week meet- ing between the governor and Husker Michael Rose-Ivey, who knelt during the national anthem prior to football game at Northwestern. That means the two probably will meet next week, when the Husk- ers have a break in their schedule before returning to the field against Indiana on Oct. 15.

Rose-Ivey asked for the meeting after the governor, responding to a question on his monthly call-in radio show, called the anthem protest by Rose-Ivey and two other players and to American service members. Ricketts added that he spect(s) the right of those players to Huskers DaiShon Neal and Mohamed Barry also took a knee during the anthem Saturday. The athletes were protesting what they see as racial inequality and violent mistreatment by law enforcement. Rose-Ivey has become the Husker defacto spokes- man, defending the ac- tions on social media and deliv- ering an impassioned statement Monday to reporters. Players across the U.S.

have staged similar silent protests in the weeks since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaeper- nick refused to stand for the na- tional anthem before NFL presea- son games in August. Ricketts plans meeting with Nebraska player Rose-Ivey officers found Randall dead and 18-year-old Angok Wal, of Bel- levue, wounded at the house south of 48th and streets after 911 calls came in about gunshots. Within hours, police had ar- rested Benson and two others, Joseph L. Bratt, 21, and Joshua Lock, 22, for their involvement in an attempted robbery hours earlier. All three entered pleas Wednesday.

Rocke said police learned it had started a few hours earlier when a woman who lived at the house contacted Bratt for a couple of friends trying to buy a quarter pound of marijuana. When Bratt came over and asked them to come to his car to do the deal, a man with a ski mask and a long gun came out of the shadows, the prosecutor said. Rocke said the people at the house ran inside before being robbed of their money, but not until after one of them, who had known Benson for years, recog- nized his voice. Bratt would later admit to po- lice there was no marijuana. But no one reported the would-be robbery to police, and soon after, the woman who had contacted Bratt to arrange the deal started getting Facebook messages with threats, Rocke said.

Wal and Randall came down from Omaha and were there at 3 a.m., when Benson returned with a 9mm gun and opened fire on the home from the front yard, he said. He said everyone inside got to a bathroom except Randall. After the shooting stopped, they found him slumped over in the living room just inside the front door, bleeding heavily. Wal had been shot in the but- tocks. When police arrested Benson, he initially denied any involve- ment, but ultimately admitted he had gotten into a verbal argu- ment, got a gun and went to the house intending to fight.

Earlier Wednesday, Bratt pleaded no contest to attempted robbery and was set for sen- tencing Oct. 25. Lock pleaded no contest to being an accessory for providing the long gun used in the attempted robbery. He is set for sentencing Nov. 22.

mother, Denell Hodges Randall, said she wants the court to make an example of Benson. Benson From A3 rate. If Otte has not ruled and in effect told the council how it must vote expected the stalemate will continue, with a majority unable to approve the rate or override his veto. The council does not meet Oct. 10, so if there is no court decision by Monday, the two special meetings come into play.

The Oct. 11 meeting has been set for 7:30 a.m., in time for the council to pass a property tax rate before the board of equal- ization meets at 9 that morning, said City Attorney Jeff Kirkpat- rick. The city is publishing the resolutions for each of the spe- cial meetings, so there is not a shadow of a doubt that legal re- quirements are met, Kirkpatrick said. Lawsuit From A3 community officials. Smith is one of nine founding board members, who also include three neighborhood residents.

South of first task will be to hire a director and nec- essary support staff, Smith said. The organization will be funded in part from a three- year $225,000 grant from the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority. Smith and fellow board mem- ber and Lincoln Community Foundation President Barbara Bartle will be seeking $150,000 in private donations annually in addition the grant. The other eight members in- clude Lincoln mayoral aide Jon Carlson, property owner Pablo Cervantes, Near South Neigh- borhood Association President Jim Friedman, resident rep- resentative Amanda Huckins, NeighborWorks Lincoln CEO Mike Renken, Everett Neighbor- hood Association President Matt Schaefer and David Schmidt of Concorde Management. Some residents in the area re- main cautious though and hope more residents will join the board.

Count Alex Russell, a renter, among them. The best revitalization efforts hinge on good communication and involvement between neigh- borhood residents and the newly formed board, Russell said. Revitalization From A3 Service Commission. Its signal will carry more than 15 miles into Pine Ridge. Wireless communication is way we conduct Schram said.

is why the availability of reliable, high-speed broad- band service is so significant to Whiteclay and to our ability to help the people living in that area improve their Yet lawmakers made it clear they feel more must be done to address the ongoing public health crisis. Pansing Brooks said sena- tors who attended event have identified five strate- gies: adding the wireless service, establishing a more substantial presence in Whiteclay by the Nebraska State Patrol, con- demning and removing aban- doned buildings, establishing a drug and alcohol detox center there and expanding the economic development oppor- tunities. Activists believe the problem be fixed until liquor stores are shut down, a move they say would cost less and be more effective than what lawmakers have proposed. across this state knows the said Frank LaMere of Winnebago, arguing the favored by lawmakers is language for status Pansing suggestions closely mirror those identified in June by a task force formed at the urging of Gov. Pete Ricketts.

there are many opportu- nities for us all to work to find common ground together to fix Pansing Brooks said. She called the area an outpost of misery and hopeless- On her first trip to Whiteclay, last May, she saw mattresses scattered alongside garbage and feces, abandoned buildings oc- cupied by people crippled by alcohol addiction, empty beer cans I and clothes, including a tiny pair of baby shoes, littering the sur- rounding fields, Pansing Brooks said. have been to Vietnam, Egypt and India, yet I have never seen the depth of poverty, degrada- tion and inhumane treatment of a people as I saw in our beloved Nebraska at Late Wednesday in Lincoln, three dozen people prayed in the dark in front of the glowing red Budweiser sign outside Quality Brands beer distribution north of 70th Street and Cornhusker Highway. LaMere said past prayers and activism had helped open law- ears, but proper action was still needed. can see that light at the end of the he said.

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