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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Sexton, Joe, 1959- author.     Subjects     Scurlock, James, 1998-2020.     Murder victims -- Nebraska -- Omaha.     Trials (Manslaughter) -- Nebraska -- Omaha.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sexton, Joe, 1959- author.       by title:      The lost sons of Oma...         MARC Display

The lost sons of Omaha : two young men in an American tragedy / Joe Sexton. by Sexton, Joe, 1959- author. New York : Scribner, 2023. Subjects Scurlock, James, 1998-2020.   Murder victims -- Nebraska -- Omaha.   Trials (Manslaughter) -- Nebraska -- Omaha. ISBN:  9781982198343 (hardcover) : 1982198346 (hardcover) Description:  376 pages ; 24 cm Edition:  First Scribner hardcover edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "On May 30, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska, amid the protests that rocked our nation after George Floyd's death at the hands of police, thirty-eight-year-old white bar owner and Marine veteran Jake Gardner fatally shot James Scurlock, a twenty-two-year-old Black protestor and young father. What followed were two investigations of Scurlock's death, one conducted by the white district attorney Don Kleine, who concluded that Gardner had legally acted in self-defense and released without a trial, and a second grand jury inquiry conducted by African American special prosecutor Fred Franklin that indicted Gardner for manslaughter and demanded he face trial. Days after the indictment, Gardner killed himself with a single bullet to the head. The deaths of both Scurlock and Gardner gave rise to a toxic brew of misinformation, false claims, and competing political agendas. The two men, each with their own complicated backgrounds, were turned into grotesque caricatures. Between the heated debates and diatribes, these twin tragedies amounted to an ugly and heartbreaking reflection of a painfully divided country. Here, Joe Sexton masterfully unpacks the whole twisting, nearly unbelievable chronicle into a meticulously reported and nuanced account of the two deaths, explaining which claims were true and which distorted or simply false. The Lost Sons of Omaha carefully examines some of the most pressing issues facing America today, including our country's dire need for gun control and mental health reform; the dangerous spread of fake news, particularly on social media; and the urgent call to band together in the collective pursuit of truth, fairness, and healing"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 364.1523 Se Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1523 Sexton Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 364.1523 Se Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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