Jun 08, 2020

Thousands gather in midtown Omaha to honor protester killed

Posted Jun 08, 2020 7:46 PM

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Around 2,000 people marched on one of Omaha's busiest streets in a peaceful protest to remember a 22-year-old man who was shot and killed by an Omaha business owner during civil unrest downtown more than a week earlier.

Lincoln protest. Photo courtesy: Great Plains James, <a href="http://www.greatplainsjames.com">www.greatplainsjames.com</a>
Lincoln protest. Photo courtesy: Great Plains James, www.greatplainsjames.com

Marchers gathered at 72nd and Dodge streets Sunday afternoon and marched east on Dodge to Memorial Park.

The demonstration was held with permission and help from the city to shut down traffic on Dodge. Speakers at the Black Lives Matter rally in the park remembered James “Juju” Scurlock.

He was shot and killed during a scuffle outside a downtown Omaha bar late on May 30.