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Portraits of James Scurlock remain scattered across Omaha a year after his fatal shooting. The plywood displaying his likeness that had covered the windows of a downtown coffee shop last summer now are held in the Durham Museum basement archives. A billboard that demanded Justice for James, which was briefly posted at 72nd and Dodge streets, now is tucked away at the Great Plains Black History Museum. And in the neighborhood where Scurlock grew up, a massive mural honoring JuJu World has weathered months of storms outside the Easy Drive Package convenience store. Those permanent relics ensure that a piece of the story of what happened to the 22-year-old will endure â both to remind those who observed last summerâs cascading events and to teach future generations. ....