Nebraska Bar Owner Charged for Fatally Shooting BLM Attacker Commits Suicide

Jake Gardner, accused of manslaughter for Scurlock's death, has died by suicide

A white bar-owner in Nebraska committed suicide months after he fatally shot a black rioter who vandalized his business and attacked him.

Though prosecutors originally deemed the shooting was in self-defense after reviewing video and witness testimony, the position was reversed after pressure.

“Mr. [Jake] Gardner, as we know now, has said I did what I did to defend myself and we find that we can’t disprove that from the evidence that we have,” Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine said in June.

According to Kleine, James Scurlock, the victim, jumped on Gardner’s back and started to choke him after Gardner fired two warning shots in front of his business during the height of violent George Floyd protests in May.

“Words are exchanged and Gardner ends up on his back in the middle of the street when the shots are fired, including the one that hit Scurlock in the neck and killed him,” the New York Post reported at the time.

Then things changed earlier this month.

Kleine asked the grand jury to take a look at the case after his decision was criticized, saying he wanted people to have faith in the justice system. Critics had said that Scurlock was just trying to stop Gardner from hurting anyone. (NY Post)

Gardner was then indicted on several counts: “manslaughter, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, attempted first-degree assault and terroristic threats,” KETV reports.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/09/21/nebraska-bar-owner-charged-commits-suicide-n2576556

And Senator Megan Hunt made this descpicable comment about his death.

..."The indictment of Jake Gardner would never have happened without the community, the people, who stood up for justice and demanded action from city officials. Jake Gardner is gone, but the white supremacist attitudes that emboldened him are still with us today. There will not be justice for James Scurlock, but we can lay the groundwork for a more just future by fighting white supremacy and racism in our own communities.

..."Healing ourselves of white supremacy is so difficult and takes so long because it requires us to confront ourselves. We wish unlearning racism could be as simple as denouncing a white hood, a burnt cross, vile language. But we have to address where supremacy begins, not just where it ends. White supremacist groups, including ones Jake Gardner was in communication with, rely on you thinking that none of this is a big deal so they can organize their support. And they have been successful: White supremacist violence now makes up the majority of domestic terrorism in the United States.

The left is truly despicable and becoming sociopathic with no guilt at all.

https://www.facebook.com/MeganHuntNE/

If you would like to make a comment to her....
I did.

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Jea9 September 21, 2020 at 6:13pm

And Senator Megan Hunt made this descpicable comment about his death.

..."The indictment of Jake Gardner would never have happened without the community, the people, who stood up for justice and demanded action from city officials. Jake Gardner is gone, but the white supremacist attitudes that emboldened him are still with us today. There will not be justice for James Scurlock, but we can lay the groundwork for a more just future by fighting white supremacy and racism in our own communities.

..."Healing ourselves of white supremacy is so difficult and takes so long because it requires us to confront ourselves. We wish unlearning racism could be as simple as denouncing a white hood, a burnt cross, vile language. But we have to address where supremacy begins, not just where it ends. White supremacist groups, including ones Jake Gardner was in communication with, rely on you thinking that none of this is a big deal so they can organize their support. And they have been successful: White supremacist violence now makes up the majority of domestic terrorism in the United States.

The left is truly despicable and becoming sociopathic with no guilt at all.

https://www.facebook.com/MeganHuntNE/

If you would like to make a comment to her....
I did.

Senator Megan Hunt

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