Judge in trial over death of Ahmaud Arbery admonishes defense attorney over his comments about Rev. Al Sharpton's presence in courtroom gallery, after the attorney said, 'We don't want any more black pastors coming in here.'
Kevin Gough said there shouldn't be"any more Black pastors" in the courtroom.A defense attorney in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial apologized a day after he said there shouldn't be"any more Black pastors" in the Glynn County, Georgia, courtroom, as a representative for Arbery's family called for his removal from the case.
"We have all kinds of pastors in this town, over 100. And the idea that we're going to be serially bringing these people in to sit with the victim's family, one after another, obviously there's only so many pastors they can have," Gough said."If their pastor's Al Sharpton right now, that's fine. But then that's it. We don't want any more Black pastors coming in here.
The trial resumed Friday with a brief apology from Gough, who said his statements had been"overly broad."Sean Rayford/Getty Images Gough said he had been asked to address the issue, to which Walmsley responded that it wasn't the court that had asked that.
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