Nearly all-White jury picked for trial in Ahmaud Arbery's killing, over prosecution's protests

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This is an outrage

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An overwhelmingly White jury will weigh murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery after the defense struck 11 out of 12 Black people from the final pool for a nationally watched case in which race looms large.

Prosecutors alleged racial discrimination Wednesday in jury selection, formally challenging eight of the defense picks. But the judge rejected the prosecutors’ argument, saying the defense gave sufficient reasons other than race for their choices.

Black people made up a quarter of the finalist jurors; the jury ultimately included one Black man and 11 White people.....

When a strike is challenged as racially motivated, however, lawyers must give a “race-neutral” justification for their choice.

Those reasons are “pretty easy to find,” said Ashleigh Merchant, a Georgia attorney who has been following the case and knows lawyers on both sides.

[Lovie777]

1. Not good ...

Abvery's family feared this would happen.

[TheRealNorth]

2. Murder is OKIYAAR

[blm]

3. Just implementing Critical White Dominance Theory.

It’s OK If You Are A Republican.

[Deuxcents]

4. I agree.

This pisses me off. Would have to be severely sight deficient not to see this for what it is. And they don’t care how bold they are.

[FuzzyRabbit]

5. The fix is in.

1 - the people who were gunned down were not victims, they were "rioters" according to the judge.

2 - the jury is almost all white. The judge permits it. The defense needs only one vote to acquit, and with 11 of the 12 being white, this is a sure thing.

I would love to be wrong.

[dameatball]

6. Saw this on local news this morning and couldn't believe it. Seems like the defense attorneys are

running the show.

[lark]

7. If he loses, the case could easily be thrown out on appeal.

Racist judge is setting this up for failure, the fucker.