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In wake of Gardner's suicide, special prosecutor offers new details about events leading up to James Scurlock shooting
Yahoo! News ^ | September 23, 2020 | Caitlin Dickson

Posted on 09/25/2020 9:05:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

One day before Jake Gardner fatally shot James Scurlock outside his bar in downtown Omaha, President Trump threatened to send the military to Minneapolis in response to violent clashes between police and protesters following the death of George Floyd in police custody, tweeting “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

The timing of Trump’s tweet, which Twitter has since removed from public view for violating its policy on glorifying violence, “is significant in terms of Jake Gardner’s affinity for the president,” special prosecutor Fredrick Franklin told members of the press in Omaha on Wednesday.

Last Tuesday, Franklin announced that a grand jury had decided to indict Gardner on four felony charges, including manslaughter, in relation to the fatal shooting of Scurlock, a 22-year-old unarmed Black protester, during demonstrations against police violence in Omaha on May 30.

Over the weekend, attorneys representing Gardner confirmed the 38-year-old former Marine had committed suicide the same day he was scheduled to turn himself in to authorities. In addition to manslaughter, Gardner had been charged with felony counts of attempted first-degree assault, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony and making terroristic threats. If convicted, he would have faced up to 95 years in prison.

Franklin said that he was “saddened about Jake Gardner having taken his own life,” and said that “him doing so deprived the community to be able to have this evidence play out at trial.” In what Franklin said would be his “last statement concerning Jake Gardner and James Scurlock,” the special prosecutor offered new details about the events that led up to the fatal shooting.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: franklinonarope; fredrickfranklin; jamesscurlock; nebraska; omaha
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Frederick Franklin sounds like a ghoul.


21 posted on 09/25/2020 10:10:21 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wish Jake had held on to see those false charges dismissed.

Terroristic threats?

This DA is an enemy of the people


22 posted on 09/25/2020 10:17:36 AM PDT by Gasshog
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The "special" prosecutor.

Gardner was murdered by Democrat scum.

23 posted on 09/25/2020 10:18:25 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: LambSlave

“The laws ARE NOT fine “

The point I was trying to make here is that what is written on paper is irrelevant when you have criminals willing to prosecute for a non-crime.


24 posted on 09/25/2020 10:42:56 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yeah, Franklin is sorry he couldn’t put the Cracker in jail for life for defending himself from attack by a career criminal.


25 posted on 09/25/2020 11:38:55 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Bob434

The Law ain’t the Law unless it applies to everyone
(wait for it)
equally.

Once politics gets involved, the Law become nothing more than a weapon of oppression and control.

Ask anyone about Jim Crow....


26 posted on 09/25/2020 11:41:43 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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To: Tommy Revolts

that explains it...


27 posted on 09/25/2020 11:43:24 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Bob434

I think all this means is that self defense will have to be in ninja mode....unseen and unwitnessed..


28 posted on 09/25/2020 11:45:46 AM PDT by cherry
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To: stinkerpot65

and people say that only the smart people go to college....then HOW THE HELL do these turds get thru college and get big time jobs...college means NOTHING....


29 posted on 09/25/2020 11:47:18 AM PDT by cherry
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To: SunkenCiv

He is the wrong color. That will never happen.


30 posted on 09/25/2020 11:49:44 AM PDT by sport
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To: Bonemaker

Never happen.


31 posted on 09/25/2020 11:50:29 AM PDT by sport
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To: DesertRhino
Franklin said that he was “saddened about Jake Gardner having taken his own life,” and said that “him doing so deprived the community to be able to have this evidence play out at trial.”

We're not going to be saddened when somebody curbstomps your brains out, scumbag.

32 posted on 09/25/2020 11:58:27 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Tommy Revolts; DesertRhino; The Toll
little freddy isn't too concerned about people getting hold of his home address.

I'm just sayin'...

33 posted on 09/25/2020 12:11:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Gasshog
The charges would not have been dismissed. The charges were political in nature, not legal. He would have received the maximum sentence. The White cowards running the Country now realize that they must keep the Black crocodiles in the rivers placated therefore, when necessary they feed them a random White to sate their appetites and hope they will eat them last. The Whites don't look on this as a bad thing. It just not the poor soul that was sacrificed’s day. Besides, they have more important things to worry about. Such as saving their own hides.
34 posted on 09/25/2020 12:11:24 PM PDT by sport
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To: sport

A sad commentary...truth can be brutal.


35 posted on 09/25/2020 2:53:19 PM PDT by myerson
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