It’s fitting that the attorney representing a man who saw a Black jogger as a threat also carries his own apparent angst toward Black people, _jahan writes for thereidout Blog.
“There’s only so many pastors they can have,”
Gough claimed the presence of “high-profile members of the African American community” in the courtroom was “intimidating” and could “pressure and influence” the jury.
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