Defense lawyer in Ahmaud Arbery murder trial seeks to have Jesse Jackson removed from court

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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]

1. He may as well embroider the "N" word on his suit. Geebus...

[Evolve Dammit]

14. My first thought. And thrown in an "uppity." The racism is very, very ingrained.

[Ford_Prefect]

2. Every single one who came to witness justice with them.

"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]

11. I'd love to send our pastor and his wife

Maybe the congregation will take up a collection for him to go.

[ShazzieB]

19. That, my friend, is an awe-inspiring mental image!

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]

36. I guess some people would be upset, but...

Baaahahahahaaaaaa!
That would be funny.

Also perhaps a sense of reflection, since they would bring a quiet dignity.

[abqtommy]

3. I've sat on a jury. I'm sure that the jury in this trial will make more of the obvious

hate of Kevin "KKK" Gough in the courtroom than the presence of pastors who
also happen to be Black.

[maxsolomon]

4. All these Black Pastors are influencing my (nearly) All-White Jury!

SO MANY BLACK PASTORS!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. What's the matter, Dude? Fresh out of a

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single reasonable doubt?

[TomSlick]

6. The last time I checked, criminal trials are generally open to the public.

The public means anyone who is not being disruptive in the courtroom.

[JohnSJ]

7. I don't think it is because "black people are scary", it is because he is a racist fuck!

[ShazzieB]

21. And racist fucks always find Black people scary!

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]

8. ...

Racist in our faces

[Torchlight]

9. Judge comes across as no-nonsense reasonable

The judge said it was odd that Gough kept objecting to Black pastors showing up and that he was "done talking about it."

"At this point, I'm not exactly sure what you're doing," the judge said. "It's almost as if you’re just trying to keep continuing this for purposes other than just bringing it to the court's attention and I find that objectionable."

[ShazzieB]

23. I like that dry, understated response!

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]

31. I think my niece calls that 'throwing shade'

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]

10. Jesus

Why doesn't he show up tomorrow in a robe and a hood?

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Seriously

[LiberalFighter]

28. The white robe and KKK needs to be displayed with his law firm.

[intheflow]

12. "The seats in the public gallery of a courtroom are not like courtside seats at a Lakers game."

Um, what part of PUBLIC gallery doesn't this asshat understand?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

29. Some of the seats are like courtside at a Lakers game.

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]

13. Kevin Gough, go put on your white (victim)hood

and STFU!

[ShazzieB]

25. LMAO @ "white (victim)hood!

[greenjar_01]

16. Trying to set up an appealable issue

He knew damn well the judge wouldn't remove him.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Again with this stuff? I thought he already sheepishly backed off that idea.

[ga_girl]

18. Wouldn't it be nice if

The most prominent white Baptist and Protestant ministers would show up in the gallery?

[recovering_democrat]

22. Very likely

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]

20. This "effing" country is spiraling out of control

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]

26. quietly ? n/t

[orleans]

24. "How many pastors does the Arbery family have?"

apparently more than that asshole kevin gough has but big fucking deal -- he can just go fuck off!

[Beastly Boy]

30. If I were Arbury's family, I would invite Colin Kaepernick to the next hearing.

Not a pastor, so there should be no objections, right?

[malthaussen]

32. It's a free country, yo.

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]

34. Are you talking to me?

I kind of get that assumption from the ,yo. You do understand my last comment had a /s which means sarcasm?

[malthaussen]

35. Of course not. I'm talking to the idiot lawyer. n/t

[dalton99a]

33. "The seats in the public gallery of a courtroom are for pre-approved white people"

Kevin Gough