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100 1  Sexton, Joe,|d1959-|eauthor. 
245 14 The lost sons of Omaha :|btwo young men in an American 
       tragedy /|cJoe Sexton. 
250    First Scribner hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bScribner,|c2023. 
300    376 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "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"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Scurlock, James,|d1998-2020. 
650  0 Murder victims|zNebraska|zOmaha. 
650  0 Trials (Manslaughter)|zNebraska|zOmaha. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aSexton, Joe, 1959-|tLost sons of Omaha
       |bFirst Scribner hardcover edition.|dNew York : Scribner, 
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