Posted on 09/20/2020 3:24:12 PM PDT by Hojczyk
A Nebraska bar owner that killed a rioter who was attacking him and his business has committed suicide, a friend of Jake Gardner has confirmed to The Gateway Pundit. The bar owner, Jake Gardner, was indicted by a grand jury on counts of manslaughter, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, attempted first-degree assault and making terrorist threats after intense political pressure was placed on the city. The district attorney had originally ruled it was self defense.
On May 30, the 38-year-old confronted a group of rioters outside one of the bars he owns in Omaha and was knocked to the ground.
“From there, he fired two warning shots and tried to get to his feet, prosecutors said. As he did, Gardner got into a fight with one man, James Scurlock, 22. The two scuffled before Gardner fired a shot that killed him,” Yahoo News reports.
Douglas County District Court Judge Shelly Stratman then appointed a special council, Fredrick Franklin, an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha, to handle the case, though they said they expected the same outcome.
Instead, Franklin bowed to pressure and dug up evidence and came up with charges.
“The manslaughter charge, he said, is related to Scurlock’s death; the attempted assault charge resulted from the second warning shot Gardner fired; the charge of making terrorist threats is linked to ‘a verbal confrontation’ that Gardner had with Scurlock, Franklin continued,” Yahoo reports.
On Friday, a judge signed off on an arrest warrant for Gardner.
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d: Nothing you said was inappropriate.
h: Too often the “selfish” remarks are made without any knowledge of the victim’s state of mind.
The left has more blood on its hands.
I agree.
The wife suffered 3rd degree burns over 60 percent of her body. The daughter suffered 2nd degree burns:
Omaha woman says dad told her 'I will hurt you more than you ever will know' before lighting fire
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, these f'n Judges are responsible for more deaths and injuries than a cop could ever be. They need a taste of their own medicine.
One feeling...SCARED.....
Praying for him and his family.
He was only indicted.
Did he not think he’d get a fair trial, even with this POS DA involved???
Poor guy.
This is so sad/terrible.
The American people and the Cornhuskers too have little sense of justice. I would wonder if it was really suicide.
He may have been trying to protect his family...Like I said,no one knew what was going on..But there were protests happily talking about him being indicted...So,the problems were already starting by the other side...
Agree.
I posted similar, on another thread.
Sickening and sad.
Prayers for this man and his family....and, the nation.
This BS has to stop.
We need Law & Order....not two-tiered “justice”.
The DA probably had his life and the lives of his family threatened..
I would wonder if it was really suicide.
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Meaning?
So tragic
Appalling. RIP.
May God Bless his soul, and may he Rest In Peace. May the Lord Bless and comfort his family. I can't imagine how his father feels. He was with him that night, and was attacked as well. If I was the father, I'd want revenge on the DA and the Judge. It's rather hard to turn the cheek when your child, who was initially exonerated, was then thrown to the wolves to placate a bunch of Commies.
Charge the Leftist lynch mob in the death of their comrade.
I have no doubt that it could be shown THEY were making terrorist threats.
This was a REALLY BAD long term solution to a possibly temporary problem!
Caught up in the moment and killed himself. I am so sorry. What a nightmare.
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Exactly.
When this covid nightmare is over, people like this guy need to have statues erected in their memory.
This is one of those extremely rare instances where a suicide victim may arguably deserve memoralizing.
He'd already lost his bar. The property owners cancelled his lease immediately after the shooting. The bar was a shrine to his favorite band, Omaha-based 311. They'd performed secret shows there in the past and posted they were devastated by the shooting along with a bunch of mealy-mouthed BLM talking points making Gardner look like a racist POS.
While nobody was paying attention, George Soros funneled $17 million into local district attorney races ensuring radical leftists across the country, even in red states, are making the decisions over who gets charged with crimes and who doesn't.
Self defense is now illegal in the age of BLM riots.
They would have held him in the Douglas County jail which is an absolute hell hole that is run by a Democrat operative. The Omaha World-Herald has blood on it’s hands as well for fanning the flames when they knew this kid was in the right.
Agreed. The Soros DA and Judge should be doxxed mercilessly.
Real Americans have been nice for too long. It’s past time to fight back and fight dirty..
Time to use their Alinsky rules against them.
I don’t believe this is suicide.
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