Posted on 09/20/2020 2:54:54 PM PDT by Rusty0604
Back in May, a Nebraska man named Jake Gardner was allegedly assaulted, along with his elderly father, by Black Lives Matter protesters outside their family-owned bar.
In the scuffle, Gardner shot and killed a young black man named James Scurlock, who had reportedly climbed onto his back and put him in a choke hold.
Charges against Gardener were not pursued on the grounds of self-defense, but now a grand jury has reversed that decision and indicted Gardner.
Immediately following the incident, Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine announced that he would not be filing charges against Gardner. He told the media that his investigation, which included a review of surveillance footage, indicated that Gardner acted in self-defense.
But Kleine received complaints from citizens, according to KMTV, and he agreed to appoint special prosecutor Frederick Franklin III and form a grand jury…
Idon’t know if this is a plot twist, but it certainly seems worth mentioning. When I was doing research for this story, I was surprised to learn that Jake Gardner was a volunteer worker on Trump’s 2016 campaign in Michigan, Nebraska, and California. I had not heard this in prior reports.
Could this have something to do with the complaints received by the county attorney and the appointment of a special prosecutor? Would anyone really be surprised?
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This is terrible!!
Never the answer. No telling what this poor man had been through.....and, was about to be put through.
So, if the black guy would’ve choked him to death, that guy would’ve likely got off, scott free.
Really, really upsetting, this news.
I want to know EVERY penny that this Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has received. Who’s funding HIM????
Law Shield is one.
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Kleine didn’t press charges, a Grand Jury did.
Ditto that!
You’re right...but he did appoint the special prosecutor Frederick Franklin III.....for the Grand Jury.
He bowed.
And I think Franklin, the ‘special prosecutor’ is the one whose finances and communications need scrutiny. The judge went around the DA, appointing the ‘special prosecutor’ is what I gathered from the ‘story’.
I’m sorry to tell everyone but the omaha bar owner, Jake Gardner, has killed himself. I just read it in a Gateway Pundit article before I saw this FREEP post. It was confirmed to Gateway Pundit by a friend of Jake Gardner.This was posted within the hour, today Sept 20:
The County Attorney called it self defense. Then under pressure from the mob, he hired special council and fifured 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.”
Fredrick Franklin, an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Omaha,
Thanks, it was already brought to our attention. This is such sad news.
Mob rule and officials bending under their pressure is responsible for this.
Yep.
Yeah I saw that, but no one will be charged with that responsibility I surmise. But I do agree that someone should bear responsibility. Not even sure a wrongful death suit could be brought forth.
Gardener committed suicide. What a tragedy.
HO insurance umbrella policy. Probably more cost effective and useful.
I’ll look into that. Thank you!
Yes, they are.
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