Defense Attorney In Ahmaud Arbery Case Calls Trial Public Lynching Of White Defendants
Ahead of the closing arguments in the case, attorney Kevin Gough, who is representing defendant William “Roddie” Bryan, complained to the judge that the trial was being influenced by forces outside the courtroom in his motion seeking a mistrial. “This is not 1915. This is not 1923. There are not thousands of people outside with pitchforks and baseball bats, but I would respectfully submit to the court that this is the 21st-century equivalent,” Gough told the court....