He has owned The Hive Rock Club and Art Gallery since 2011. We do not stand for bigotry or prejudice of any kind and denounce these senseless killings and those responsible.
"It's easy to talk to someone when they're alive. According to the According to the paper, he told liquor commissioners it was just a misunderstanding.

Good for the business owner. This time he was accused of not complying with police when an officer came to the Hive Bar on a call for a bleeding unconscious man in April of that year.

A handful of grainy and graphic videos led Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine to conclude that a white bar owner acted in self-defense when he shot and killed a 22-year-old black Omaha man Saturday night. In response to outrage on social media, Kleine added that there was not any "racial tone" to the conversations between Scurlock and Gardner. After pressure from community leaders, the county prosecutor agreed to call for a grand jury to review the case. He was adventurous, he had such a big heart and was a momma's boy," she said. "Mr. Gardner, as we know now, has said, 'I did what I did to defend myself,' and we find that we can't disprove that from the evidence that we have," Kleine said.

Jake Gardner is an Omaha bar owner who witnesses say shot and killed a young black man outside of his business last night as protests raged in the city, but police have not made an arrest.
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