#THIEF 1981 COURTROOM SCENE TRIAL#

Walmsley singled out a comment Gough made to back up his вЂњBlack pastorsвЂќ remark last week in which he said: вЂњIf a bunch of folks came in here dressed like Colonel Sanders with white masks sitting in the back' before the judge cut him off. Gough, to statements you made, which I find reprehensible,' the judge said. вЂњI will say that is directly in response, Mr.

Walmsley warned the attorneys their own statements may have lured some high-profile figures to the courthouse. Their faces changed (showing) the emotion and sympathy they felt,вЂќ Sheffield told the judge. Jason Sheffiled, one of Travis McMichaels' attorneys, said the weeping caused some jurors to look and see Jackson, an icon вЂњwhose autographed picture hung in my mother's loft for decades.вЂќ

#THIEF 1981 COURTROOM SCENE TRIAL#

Franklin Hogue, an attorney for Greg McMichael, said he fears the defendants aren't receiving a fair trial in the community. Gough's mistrial request was joined by the two other defense teams. Jackson acknowledged that it was Arbery's mother who wept вЂњvery quietlyвЂќ in the courtroom after prosecutors showed a photo of her son to a witness. вЂњAs the judge said, it was my constitutional right to be there,вЂќ Jackson said. Jackson told reporters outside the courthouse he came to coastal Brunswick to support justice for Arbery's family, not in response to the attorney's prior remarks about Black pastors. вЂњIf there is a disruption, youвЂ™re welcome to call that to my attention.вЂќ вЂњThe court is not going to single out any particular individual or group of individuals as not being allowed into his courtroom as a member of the public,вЂќ Walmsley said. Courtrooms are generally open to the public, although the judge has limited seating in the public gallery because of the coronavirus pandemic. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley declined the request. 'With all due respect, I would suggest, whether intended or not, that inevitably a juror is going to be influenced by their presence in the courtroom.' вЂњThere is no reason for these prominent icons in the civil rights movement to be here,' Gough said Monday. Gough told the judge Thursday вЂњwe donвЂ™t want any more Black pastors coming in here.' Al Sharpton joined ArberyвЂ™s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, and father, Marcus Arbery Sr., inside the Glynn County courtroom. Gough, an attorney for Bryan, also complained last week when the Rev. Defense attorney Kevin Gough asked the judge to make the civil rights leader leave to avoid unfairly influencing the jury. Tensions flared in the courtroom Monday morning soon after Jackson sat in the back row of the courtroom between Arbery's parents. Their neighbor William вЂњRoddieвЂќ Bryan joined the chase and took cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery three times with a shotgun. The judge said he found one defense lawyer's complaints last week about Black pastors to be вЂњreprehensible,вЂќ and that no group would be excluded from his courtroom.ДЇather and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed themselves and pursued the 25-year-old Black man in a pickup truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood on Feb. The morning's testimony was largely disrupted by arguments outside the jury's presence over Jackson's appearance. (AP) - A judge denied mistrial requests on Monday at the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors were tainted by weeping from the gallery where the slain Black man's parents sat with the Rev.

Thief 1981 courtroom scene