An Omaha grand jury has indicted Jake Gardner, the white bar owner who shot and killed James Scurlock, a 22-year-old Black man, during protests for racial justice in May.
that when he signed on to the case earlier this summer, he also believed the shooting to be a case of justifiable self-defense.
The 16-member grand jury had access to far more information than what was available at the time of the district attorney's initial decision, according to Franklin. He said Omaha police continued the investigation, conducting roughly 60 interviews and acquiring video clips from the public, which they passed on to Franklin's team.
He said the terroristic threat count applies to Gardner's conduct in a verbal back-and-forth with Scurlock, and implied that Gardner was threatening the use of deadly force in the absence of receiving any such threats himself. The use of a firearm in connection with a felony charge is related to the manslaughter charge, Franklin said, noting"that particular count does not rest solely on an analysis of the video that has been played in the media already."
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