Some prospective jurors admitted to knowing the father and son, conceding they could not be impartial.
Thursday’s proceedings also signaled support for the McMichaels. But it’s not a discussion that’s appropriate for this courtroom right now.” The judge acknowledged that Arbery’s death and subsequent activism “have really opened up a very important discussion. “I respect the fact this case has garnered a great deal of interest,” Walmsley said, “and a number of movements have been attached to it. Lewis, but did not want anything to potentially taint the courtroom proceedings. Walmsley expressed admiration for the late Rep. Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley asked Arbery’s father and those with him to remove their buttons. She was asked to leave the courtroom when the slain man’s father and two others entered the courtroom wearing buttons that signaled their support for Black Lives Matter, bearing slogans such as “Make Good Trouble,” in honor of the late Rep. 218 wrote on her questionnaire that she was believed Arbery was killed because of his race. … That’s why I think they wouldn’t come after me if I was walking the neighborhood.”
The woman maintained that she would be able to remain neutral, yet when asked by one of the McMichael attorneys if she believed she would’ve been killed if it had been her, not Arbery, in the neighborhood, she responded clearly.
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