Defense lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial seeks to have Jesse Jackson removed from court
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) -A lawyer for one of the three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, in their southern Georgia neighborhood failed in an attempt to have the judge remove civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson from the courtroom on Monday.
The same lawyer, Kevin Gough, made a similarly unsuccessful attempt last week to get the court to prevent any more "Black pastors" attending the trial after Rev. Al Sharpton, another civil rights leader, was seen sitting with Arbery's parents in the public gallery.
After the jury was sent out, Gough stood and said he objected to what he called "an icon in the civil rights movement" sitting next to Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones. He said the presence might influence jurors.
"How many pastors does the Arbery family have?" he said, referring to a similar objection he had made to Sharpton's visit. "The seats in the public gallery of a courtroom are not like courtside seats at a Lakers game."
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Because those black people are so scary. /s
hlthe2b
(102,105 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,868 posts)"How many pastors does the Arbery family have?"
I don't know how large the courtroom is but can you imagine it full of black men and women clergy?
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Maybe the congregation will take up a collection for him to go.
ShazzieB
(16,265 posts)That defense attorney turning purple and choking to death on his own racism-fueled consternation is another awe-inspiring mental image.
What a loathsome bucket of white supremacist scum!
electric_blue68
(14,808 posts)Baaahahahahaaaaaa!
That would be funny.
Also perhaps a sense of reflection, since they would bring a quiet dignity.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)hate of Kevin "KKK" Gough in the courtroom than the presence of pastors who
also happen to be Black.
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)SO MANY BLACK PASTORS!
no_hypocrisy
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single reasonable doubt?
TomSlick
(11,086 posts)The public means anyone who is not being disruptive in the courtroom.
JohnSJ
(92,060 posts)ShazzieB
(16,265 posts)It goes all the way back to pre‐Civil War days when the enslavers were always living in fear of a possible slave revolt. Some of the enslavers' descendants seem to still be terrified of the descendants of their ancestors' former slaves.
Faux pas
(14,643 posts)Racist in our faces
Torchlight
(3,292 posts)"At this point, I'm not exactly sure what you're doing," the judge said. "It's almost as if youre just trying to keep continuing this for purposes other than just bringing it to the court's attention and I find that objectionable."
ShazzieB
(16,265 posts)That judge did a great job of pointing out the racist assholery without having to come right out and say, "You, counsel, are a racist asshole."
Torchlight
(3,292 posts)My dad would have called it 'a left-handed compliment.'
I'll go with your more-to-the-point 'racist assholery' instead, I like it more. May adopt it from here on out.
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Why doesn't he show up tomorrow in a robe and a hood?
Evolve Dammit
(16,694 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,767 posts)intheflow
(28,442 posts)Um, what part of PUBLIC gallery doesn't this asshat understand?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,315 posts)Some seats are reserved for family, press, VIPs (like Jesse Jackson). I doubt Jackson had to endure a line or a crush of the hoi polloi who just wanted to see what's going on. The prosecutor arranged for his seat, to influence the jury and to annoy the defense.
I don't know that his presence helps or hurts anyone.
amb123
(1,580 posts)and STFU!
ShazzieB
(16,265 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)He knew damn well the judge wouldn't remove him.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,817 posts)ga_girl
(183 posts)The most prominent white Baptist and Protestant ministers would show up in the gallery?
recovering_democrat
(224 posts)As a long standing GA resident it will not surprise me in the least if a whole crowd of GA prominent ministers, black and white, dont start appearing.
maxrandb
(15,292 posts)I am quietly making exit plans.
They already excluded all but 1 black juror (all perfectly LEGAL as the judge pointed out due to our "august" Supreme Court rulings).
Then let's not mention the fact that just 50-60 years ago, crowds of armed white mobs would show up at this very courthouse demanding accused black defendents be turned over to them for "justice". Pretty sure that was never argued as "intimidating".
But here is what I find particularly depressing. On the off-chance that these murdering racists are convicted, there will be a parade of talking heads explaining how that proves how "our country has changed", as if one stroke of justice wipes out centuries of evil.
I want to stay and fight, but I am pretty sure the election of a racist, ignorant, evil moron was the final, fatal blow.
This country is fucking over. Might as well play with the deck chairs on the Titanic as the band plays.
multireeds
(49 posts)orleans
(34,039 posts)apparently more than that asshole kevin gough has but big fucking deal -- he can just go fuck off!
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Beastly Boy
(9,229 posts)Not a pastor, so there should be no objections, right?
malthaussen
(17,175 posts)Much as it breaks your black little heart to hear it. The public has a right to witness a trial, unless the judge determines it is detrimental.
-- Mal
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,711 posts)I kind of get that assumption from the ,yo. You do understand my last comment had a /s which means sarcasm?
malthaussen
(17,175 posts)dalton99a
(81,386 posts)Kevin Gough