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In the midst of nationwide protests against police brutality in the summer of 2020, the city of Omaha, Nebraska, became the scene of a fatal encounter that cut short the life of James Scurlock, a 22-year-old Black man. On the night of May 30, 2020, as demonstrations unfolded in the Old Market area, a confrontation outside a bar owned by Jacob Gardner, a 38-year-old white male, escalated with deadly consequences. Surveillance footage captured parts of the chaotic incident, which began with a verb ...Read More

Victim Details

James Scurlock

Male

Black / African American

Omaha

NE

2020-05-31

22

James

Scurlock

Yes

04/14/2026