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According to the Herald, Gardner posted a message on Facebook just hours before the shooting that read, “Just when you think, ‘what else could 2020 throw at me?’ Then you have to pull 48 hours of military-style firewatch,”

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Scurlock’s death sparked new protests and demonstrations in downtown Omaha over the weekend.

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Scurlock’s father, whose first name is also James, spoke at the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation Visitors Center calling on Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine to bring charges against his son’s killer.

“Last night, I lost a son,” he said Sunday. “My kids lost a brother. His daughter lost a father. We want them to go to court.”