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Jake and James had previous run-ins. James was texting about some really terrible things before he died. The special prosecutor lied about Jake's texts to get the grand jury to bring charges. And that's just some of what Jake's friend, Ben, laid out on the radio with me here.

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...

Earlier this year Jake Gardner, a 38 year old decorated former Marine (two tours in Iraq) was facing rioters outside of his businesses during the Black Lives Matter/Antifa "protests" when a conflict occurred. What happened depends on who you read. Omaha World Herald: A surveillance video from Gardner’s bars, played Monday at a press conference, shows a group of young people, including Scurlock, approaching Gardner. Walking backward, Gardner lifts his shirt to show a handgun, then pulls it to his side and continues backing up. Two people from Scurlock’s group — a man and a woman — tackle Gardner, who...