Ben Salazar is a long-time community advocate. He is strongly involved in the Chicano

community, attempting to awaken those who are standing on the sidelines to challenge

the racism and anti-immigration ICE supporting personalities and most of all giving

examples to all of the younger folks that as some becomes an elder of the community,

that you can still challenge police brutality, and lazy elected officials who are smug and

sleeping on the job. In the history of city and county government, there has been only

one Latino elected official in the city hall to my knowledge (city/county government). I

first heard of Ben when I was on the board of the Chicano Awareness Center over 40

years ago.

Ben was also at the forum when we talked about the racist police stops of People of

Color in Omaha and the state of Nebraska. Ben is a Vietnam Vet, a former newspaper

publisher, and one of the few Latinos in Omaha who writes about current conditions in

the community. We will explore issues as he challenged LULAC of Nebraska’s

malfeasance and the bogus collaboration and secret meetings with law enforcement

that run counter to the interests of families in our community.

We will explore issues as he challenged LULAC of Nebraska’s malfeasance and the

bogus collaboration and secret meetings with law enforcement that run counter to the

interests of families in our community.

Racism and Anti-Immigration Against ICE