05019cam a2200781 4500 860946203 TxAuBib 20230620120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781982198367 1982198362 B0BHTQ95JV Amazon 03b88dde-b920-48b7-a8bf-6db6490c48f2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9313680 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Sexton, Joe. The Lost Sons of Omaha [Libby] : Two Young Men in an American Tragedy. Scribner, 2023. politics. Nonfiction. Pulitzer. Journalism. news. Reporting. Criminal Justice. Civil Rights. race. Criminal Justice System. Nebraska. media. discrimination. narrative nonfiction. Omaha. Social Justice. Sociology. media bias. race in america. black lives matter. political books. criminal justice reform. blm. books about race. Immersive Journalism. best sociology books. George Floyd protests. black lives matter protests. best journalism. James Gardner. best journalism books. blm protests. don kleine. fred franklin. great narrative nonfiction. jake scurlock. pultizer prize winning. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 7753kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Multi-Cultural. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:From the award–winning journalist Bob Woodward calls "one of the truly great reporters working today," a searing, no-holds-barred account of two linked and tragic deaths stemming from the 2020 George Floyd protests that explores the complex political and racial mistrust and division of today's America. "A monumental study of violence and grief...one of the most superb testaments about the confusion, despair, and—hopefully—humility that frames our century that one could ever hope to read." —Hilton Als 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 him 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. The 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 involves 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. "A bracing, rigorously reported story—told with grace and nuance—that takes readers deep into the fault lines of today's America." —Andrea Elliott, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Invisible Child. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-06-19 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=03b88dde-b920-48b7-a8bf-6db6490c48f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=03b88dde-b920-48b7-a8bf-6db6490c48f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=03b88dde-b920-48b7-a8bf-6db6490c48f2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)