Legal analyst reacts to judge rejecting Trump's attempt to withhold documents. Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on stand during trial. How grocery stores are handling rising food prices. January 6 committee wants to talk to at least 5 members of Pence's inner circle. The jury was selected after a two-and-a-half-week selection process that ended with prosecutors for the state accusing defense attorneys of disproportionately striking qualified Black jurors and basing some of their strikes on race.
Judge Timothy Walmsley said the defense appeared to be discriminatory in selecting the jury but that the case could go forward. The court heard arguments for more than two hours about why defense struck the potential jurors before Walmsley ultimately denied the state's motion and ruled there were valid reasons, beyond race, for why the jurors were dismissed.
Read More. This is sort of the continuation of a conversation that I think will continue for a long time, with respect to this case," the judge said, but added that in Georgia, "all the defense needs to do is provide that legitimate, nondiscriminatory, clear, reasonably specific and related reason," for why they struck a juror and he said the defense met that burden.
Of the 16 total jurors selected -- including the four alternates -- five are men and 11 are women, according to the pool reporter inside the courtroom. Wanda Cooper-Jones, Arbery's mother, said as she left the courthouse Wednesday she was "shocked" there was only one Black juror.
They have pleaded not guilty. The defendants also face charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery's family, wrote on Twitter about the number of Black potential jurors who remained, saying in a post, "Only one of the 16 potential jurors is African-American. So his state of mind is what's on trial.
And the fact that he didn't know that they were involved in this activity makes Martin said "rioter" and "looter" were "loaded" and "pejorative" terms that suggested the victims "deserve what they got.
They deserve to be shot and even deserved to die. With his decision, Martin said, the judge is "definitely signaling something to these jurors" and appeared to be "leaning towards supporting the defense.
CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said allowing use of "rioters" and "arsonists" to describe the dead men "should help Rittenhouse's defense a great deal. They were out there looting.
They were out there being arsonists when that is very much in dispute in the trial, what these people were doing. He added, "The whole issue here is whether Kyle Rittenhouse was a vigilante and whether he was Shots fired amid chaotic scene. Numerous videos taken during the protests show Rittenhouse, wearing a green T-shirt and a backward baseball cap and carrying an ARstyle rifle, walking the city's streets with a group of armed men.
According to the criminal complaint against Rittenhouse, which is based on videos and witness accounts, the situation turned deadly after the teenager scuffled with protesters near a car dealership.
He allegedly shot Rosenbaum, a year-old unarmed protester, after Rosenbaum threw an object that appeared to be a plastic bag at him and missed.
Judge denies admission of evidence allegedly connecting Kyle Rittenhouse to Proud Boys. As Rosenbaum lay on the ground, the complaint says, Rittenhouse ran away while calling a friend and telling them, "I just killed somebody. While he was on the ground, Rittenhouse shot Huber, who appeared to hit him with a skateboard, according to the complaint, and then shot a third protester approaching him, Grosskreutz, in the right arm.
Grosskreutz was holding a handgun but had his hands up, the complaint says. After the shooting, Rittenhouse walked by police with his hands up, bystander videos show, and he turned himself in at his local police department the morning after the shooting.
Read More. The Rev. Al Sharpton joined Arbery's parents Wednesday and led a prayer vigil outside the Glynn County Courthouse, asking for a just verdict in the case and calling Arbery's killing "a lynching in the 21st century.
Sharpton said that while the country has seen some positive milestones for the Black community, such as electing former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris , "you still can't jog through Brunswick without being shot down, like you are a suspect, only because of the color of your skin. Sharpton was also in the small courtroom on Wednesday.
The judge told Gough on Thursday that he was aware Sharpton would be inside, apparently taking the place of an Arbery family member, and that he did not have an objection as long as there were no disruptions.
Homeowner who called about people at site in months before Arbery's killing testified he did not ask the McMichaels to help secure his property. Along with his comments on Thursday, Gough said he had "nothing personally against" Sharpton but added, "We don't want any more Black pastors coming in here or other Jesse Jackson, whoever was in here earlier this week, sitting with the victim's family trying to influence a jury in this case. Civil rights leader Rev.
Jesse Jackson has not been seen at the courthouse since the start of the trial. In a statement, Sharpton called the attorney's comments "arrogant insensitivity" which "underscores the disregard for the value of the human life lost and the grieving of a family in need spiritual and community support. This is pouring salt into their wounds. Black pastor says attorney is 'intimidated by the truth'. Prominent Black pastor and social activist the Rev.
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