>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. >> FOR THE 3 MEN ON TRIAL IN
THE DEATH OF AHMAD ARBERY SAY
THE COURT PROCEEDINGS JUST ARE
FAIR. THE ACCUSATIONS THE
DEFENSE IS NOW MAKING ABOUT
ARE VERY SPOT OTHER DURING THE
JURY SELECTION PROCESS.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WANTED TO
ADD MORE QUESTIONING POTENTIAL
JURORS AND TO DATE COUNCIL
FROM GREG MCMICHAEL ASKED TO
ADDRESS.
>> WHAT THEY CALL AN UNFAIR
SYSTEM. YES, SO FAR 23 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AS POTENTIAL
JURORS AND MORE THAN 70 PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED. THE
DEFENDANTS WERE SEEN BEING
ESCORTED INTO THE COURTHOUSE
THIS MORNING, FATHER AND SON,
GREGORY AND TRAVIS MCMICHAEL
AND WILLIAM BRIAN, ALL FACING
MURDER CHARGES FOR ARBERY’S
DEATH. THEY SAID THEY WERE
CONDUCTING A CITIZEN’S ARREST
WHEN THE SHOOTING HAPPENED.
WHILE ARBERY’S FAMILY CALLS IT
A MODERN DAY LYNCHING.
>> NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER HARRIS
IS LIVE AT THE GLYNN COUNTY
COURTHOUSE WHERE THE DEFENSE
AND THE PROSECUTION ARE NOW
ARGUING OVER POTENTIAL JURORS
AND DECORUM IN IN GREAT
DETAIL. JENNY’S.
>> VERY GREAT DETAIL. TARIK
ENJOY. AND AT ONE POINT YOU
HAD THE PROSECUTION, THEY WERE
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THEIR
CONCERNS ABOUT QUESTIONS THAT
POTENTIAL JURORS WILL BE ASKED
AT THE SAME TIME. SOME OF THE
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WITH SAY
THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR INSIDE
THE COURTROOM.
>> ATTORNEYS ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO EVERY DETAIL IN
THE COURTROOM, INCLUDING
HEALTH QUESTIONS MAY INFLUENCE
THE JURORS AS THE SELECTION
PROCESS ENTERS WEEK 2, ONLY 23
OF THE 70 PLUS POTENTIAL
JURORS INTERVIEWED HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO CONTINUE INTO TEDIOUS
PROCESS. YOUR HONESTY AND YOUR
OPEN ANSWERS THAT YOU’RE
GIVING US. THESE 3 MEN ARE
ACCUSED OF KILLING A MODEL
BARRY IN 2020 IN COURT. THE 3
DEFENDANTS LOOK MOSTLY
STRAIGHT AHEAD WITHOUT
EMOTION. ALL WERE WEARING
SUITS. ARBERY’S FAMILY IS
PRESENT TO SITTING IN THE
GALLERY ACCORDING TO A MEDIA
PULL LOG. KEVIN GOUGH WILLIAM
BRYAN’S ATTORNEY CLAIMED WHEN
JUROR 3.80, LEFT THE
COURTROOM, AHMAD ARBERY’S
FATHER MARCUS, NOT AT HIM. THE
POTENTIAL JUROR SAID THESE
KINDS OF SUBTLE GESTURES ARE.
>> MILDLY CONCERNING. HE SAID
I THINK WE NEED TO DO
SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THE
JURORS ARE BEING INFLUENCED.
HOWEVER, NO ONE ELSE SAW THE
GESTURE. THE JUDGE TOLD GOLF
HIS OBJECTION WAS NOTED AND ON
THE RECORD AFTER CAUGHT UP
WITH MARCUS ARE VERY AND
SUPPORTERS ABOUT THE
ACCUSATION.
>> WHEN I DE FUTBOL,
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
TREATMENT YOU’RE GETTING IN
THE COURTROOM PERSONALLY? I
DON’T HE GOT HIM THAT IS ONE
OF THE MORE OFFENSIVE THINGS.
AREA ANYONE TO SUGGEST THAT
THE HEARING.
>> VICTIM SHOULD NOT ALL
PROCEEDINGS DURING JURY
SELECTION. PROSECUTOR LINDA
DUNIKOSKI SAID THAT SHE WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEFENSE
ASKING POTENTIAL JURORS. WHAT
DOES JUSTICE FROM ADMITTING TO
YOU SHE CONSIDERED A QUESTION
THAT COULD GET A JUROR STRUCK
FROM THE TRIAL UNFAIRLY. BOTH
SIDES METICULOUSLY QUESTIONING
EACH JUROR TO MAKE UP AN
IMPARTIAL JURY THAT THEY
BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO A FAIR
TRIAL.
>> AND ALSO AMONG THIS POOL OF
POTENTIAL JURORS, A COUPLE OF
WANT TO MENTION TO THE PEOPLE.
>> THEY’VE SAID THEY’RE
RELATED TO THE DEFENDANTS OR 2
ARE VERY SOME SAY THEY’VE
ALREADY MADE A DECISION ON
WHAT THEY THINK THE VERDICT
SHOULD BE. IN ADDITION TO
THAT, LAURA HOLT WITH THE
DEFENSE, SHE SURPRISED THE
COURT WITH A MOTION THAT NO
ONE APPARENTLY KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT WANTING TO ADD MORE
QUESTIONS SHE SAID WAS FOR THE
INTEGRITY OF THE CASE. THE
STATE SAID THEY DIDN’T THINK
THEY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
RATHER JUDGE SAID THAT IT WAS
INAPPROPRIATE AT THE TIME
BECAUSE THE STATE DIDN’T EVEN
HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK OR READ
THIS PARTICULAR MOTION. JURY
SELECTION WHEN ON THE JUDGE
SAID THAT HE WILL LOOK AT THAT
MOTION LATER. BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, THERE’S A LOT OF
BACK AND FORTH, JUST
METICULOUS DETAIL BEING PAID
ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY WANT,
HOW THEY WANT TO AS FAR AS THE
QUESTIONS THEY WANT AS WELL
FOR THESE POTENTIAL JURORS. OF
COURSE, COURT WILL BEGIN AGAIN
TOMORROW AT 09:00AM REPORTING
LIVE IN GLYNN COUNTY