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imanamerican63

(15,943 posts)
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 07:43 PM 5 hrs ago

There was an incident that occurred in Fremont Neb.

According to NCN(a Nebraska news outlet).

A person was hit by a vehicle with a very large Trump flag attached to the vehicle.

This was a peaceful protest, but some of the protesters entered the street and the video shows the vehicle struck the protester then leaving the scene afterwards.

Local police and emergency services arrived to the scene near the high school where this happened. It was unclear what injuries were sustained, but the injured was taken to the hospital nearby.

This happened about 2 hours ago local time. Not sure the the driver was found or if any charges were being assessed.

Umm, I get there were people in the street, but no matter the situation? That driver was in the wrong for hitting someone and driving off. Many responses on Facebook were in support of the vehicle with the Trump flag attached to it! Just goes to show that there is a lot of Trump asswipes who think it okay to do whatever they want? It looked a high school kid who was driving the vehicle! I hope they throw the book at this person whoever it was!









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There was an incident that occurred in Fremont Neb. (Original Post) imanamerican63 5 hrs ago OP
Nebraska officials respond after Fremont student struck by vehicle displaying Trump flag. chowder66 5 hrs ago #1
in many states this is legal. don't know about nebraska rampartd 5 hrs ago #2
But wait, there's more.... canetoad 5 hrs ago #3
so it's on video. good. now go get that driver! nt orleans 5 hrs ago #5
Horrible for the injured person and terrorizing for the crowd. littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #4
Nebraska popsdenver 3 hrs ago #10
You're not in Colorado? littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #11
I am a Denverite popsdenver 3 hrs ago #13
Who's forcing you? littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #14
The Republican popsdenver 3 hrs ago #15
Thanks ❤️ littlemissmartypants 2 hrs ago #16
Precautions when one has fear. Norrrm 4 hrs ago #6
Assault with a deadly weapon BidenRocks 4 hrs ago #7
That fucking coward purr-rat beauty 4 hrs ago #8
❤️ littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #12
This from the HeadlineUSA article: boonecreek 4 hrs ago #9

chowder66

(11,951 posts)
1. Nebraska officials respond after Fremont student struck by vehicle displaying Trump flag.
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 08:01 PM
5 hrs ago

Rescue personnel take a Fremont student to the hospital after she was struck by a vehicle displaying a Trump flag during a student-led, non-school demonstration in front of the high school. The vehicle fled. (Courtesy of Veronica Sandoval/News Channel Nebraska)

OMAHA — A student was struck by a vehicle during an anti-ICE rally Thursday in front of Fremont High School. The SUV, which displayed a Trump flag, fled the scene, video of the incident shows.

The episode was captured and shared first by News Channel Nebraska, which also reported that the girl was alert as she was taken by rescue personnel to the hospital.

Fremont police did not immediately respond to a reporter’s calls. School officials released a brief statement, which in part described the 2 p.m. rally as a non-school sponsored, student-led demonstration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nebraska-officials-respond-fremont-student-001632676.html

Video and more information of the incident here:
https://www.wowt.com/2026/01/29/video-pedestrian-struck-fremont-student-protest/

canetoad

(20,349 posts)
3. But wait, there's more....
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 08:14 PM
5 hrs ago
Fremont student hit in apparent hit-and-run during student-led ICE demonstration

Video captured by News Channel Nebraska shows the driver getting into a red SUV that’s carrying a flag supporting President Trump’s 2024 campaign. Protesters are standing on the sidewalk when one student steps in front of the parked vehicle. The driver appears to go forward, slows and then speeds up, hitting the person, who appeared to land on the hood of the SUV and then roll off to the side. The driver initially slowed down after hitting the student and then left the scene.

A spokesperson with the school district said the student was taken to the hospital. This happened around 2 p.m. during a “non-school sponsored, student-led” demonstration. School administrators were near the protest to “ensure students were safe and peaceful.”

“We value our relationship with our first responders and their help today. We will continue to work together to keep our students and community safe,” Superintendent Brad Dahl said in a news release.

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/fremont-student-hit-in-apparent-hit-and-run-during-student-led-ice-demonstration/

Shortly after the apparent hit-and-run, Rep. Mike Flood released a statement calling it "disturbing."

littlemissmartypants

(32,381 posts)
4. Horrible for the injured person and terrorizing for the crowd.
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 08:25 PM
5 hrs ago

But please don't let the bots affect your blood pressure. Russia has launched an aggressive campaign to sow division and hate in our country. It's been estimated that more than 50% of the information on social media is misinformation. So, much of it cannot be trusted.

I hope the driver is found and we get the full story.

popsdenver

(1,803 posts)
10. Nebraska
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 10:02 PM
3 hrs ago

is suffering BIG TIME due to Trump's Agricultural Tariff's........Their entire economy depends on Agriculture, and their State's GDP is off 5 or 6% plus at this time. Also.........Rural Nebraska is losing TONS OF EMS, FIRE, MEDICAL, HOSPITALS........

But they all listen to FOX news who tells them it is all the Dem's fault...,ie Biden, Hillary, Obama, and even Carter......
And they get angrier and more pissed off about their plight, and take it out on dems or demonstrators by mowing them down with their trucks, etc

I gotta tell you, it's always been that ALS Medical Care/Trauma Care in all of Rural America has been poor, but now all of Rural America, which has a large segment of Republican Voters, is having their medical care obliterated by the Republicans, Big Time.....
AND, they ain't seen nothing yet.................

popsdenver

(1,803 posts)
13. I am a Denverite
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 10:15 PM
3 hrs ago

but we are increasingly forced to listen to all the massive amounts of wailing coming from our neighboring RED STATES........they are all whining more than ever these days...............

Their Republican Voters are just now being confronted with the fact that the Republicans have played them big time and also conned them......... and now are throwing them all to the wolves.........

Dismal state of Nebraska's rural EMS and Fire. The same thing can be said for all of Rural America.............


popsdenver

(1,803 posts)
15. The Republican
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 10:22 PM
3 hrs ago

media for one.........

And the Republican agriculture Tariff's also are causing Colorado troubles. But it is nice to know that THEIR voters are also getting creamed Royal

Sent you an update on an interesting documentary in my last response to you on what I am talking about in rural Nebraska.......

BidenRocks

(2,906 posts)
7. Assault with a deadly weapon
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:10 PM
4 hrs ago

Battery
Reckless in a school zone
Throw the book at these bastards.

purr-rat beauty

(1,055 posts)
8. That fucking coward
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:21 PM
4 hrs ago

Get this piece of shit and throttle them

Done with these fucks, so fucking done

( I'm a hit and run survivor )

boonecreek

(1,418 posts)
9. This from the HeadlineUSA article:
Thu Jan 29, 2026, 09:31 PM
4 hrs ago

But Carmyn Taylor, 20, recalled the sight of a pickup truck bearing down on protesters
spread across the six-lane I-244 in Tulsa.

"The most vivid thing I remember is when I got pulled to the ground. I
remember seeing both sets of wheels run my legs, which was a little
traumatizing," said Taylor, who suffered a broken leg and a sprained ankle.
"For the first two weeks after the accident, I couldn't walk."

"A little traumatizing?" Talk about a gift for understatement.
It also says that they declined to press charges against the
driver claiming that several people had attacked the truck with
his children inside. I hope she at least saw a lawyer.

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