Defense Lawyer For Man Charged In Ahmaud Arbery Killing: ‘We Don’t Want Any More Black Pastors Coming In Here’

Essence Magazine:

Defense attorney Kevin Gough with William “Roddie” Bryan (R) | Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images By Malaika Jabali ·Updated November 11, 2021

Kevin Gough, who represents one of the defendants in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, claimed the presence of high-profile Black people in the courtroom could “intimidate” the jury.

“If we’re going to start a precedent starting yesterday where we’re going to bring high-profile members of the African-American community into the courtroom to

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