Georgia, where the trial of the three white men who hunted down and shot dead Ahmaud Arbery took an unexpected twist last Thursday when a defense attorney claimed the courtroom presence of high-profile Black pastors sitting with the Arbery family could be “intimidating” for the jury, which is almost all white.
In a statement, the Reverend Al Sharpton said the attorney’s comments, “underscore the disregard for the value of the human life lost and the grieving of a family in need of spiritual and community support,”.
On Friday, attorney Gough made a brief apology in court, calling his comments overly broad, said he would follow up today with a, quote, “more specific motion.”
— source democracynow.org | Nov 15, 2021