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Hundreds gather in Nebraska to protest police shootings

ne capitolLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at the steps of the Nebraska Capitol in Lincoln to protest the recent shootings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana.

The protest seemed to draw nearly as many people as the more than 500 who gathered at a similar protest in Omaha on July 8.

In Lincoln, hundreds wore “Black Lives Matter” T-shirts and held signs. Speakers called on demonstrators to remember the black men who died in recent police shootings: 32-year-old Philando Castile of St. Paul, Minnesota, and 37-year-old Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Police were highly visible at both of the protests, but the rallies were without incident for the most part. No one was arrested during the two-hour march and series of speeches in Lincoln. In Omaha, one person was arrested on a warrant.

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