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JUSTICE FOR AHMAUD… NATIONAL CIVIL RIGS HT LEADERS IN BRUNSWICK F OR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW IN THE MURDER TRIALF OAHMAUD ARBE. RY THEIR PRESENCE – OMPRPTED BECAUSE OF A DEFENSE ATTORNEY’S OPPOSITION TO BLK AC PASTORS IN THE COURTROOM. WJCL’S DANAE BUCCI IS LIVE AT THE GLYNN COUNTY COURTHOUSE. DANA E, THESE TENSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUING TODAY. YEAH, IN FACT IT SPARKED A MOTION FOR MISTRIAL FROM ALL THREE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS. IT STARTED WITH REVEREND JESSE JACKSON’S APPEARANCE HERE IN BRUNSWICK. VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE COURTROOM THIS MORNGNI… YOU CAN SEE HIM SITTING NEXT TO ARBERY’S MOTHER, WANDA COOPER JONES. AGAIN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY FOR WILLIAM ‘RODDIE’ BRYAN… KEVIN GOUGH… RENEWED HIS COMPLATSIN OF NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS SITTING WITH THE ARBERY FAMILY… LIKENING THE COURTROOMO T COURTSIDE SEATS AT A LAKER’S GAME. <> KEVIN GOUGH // DEFENSE ATTORN EY THERE IS NO REASON FOR THE PROMINENT ICONS IN T HE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TO BE HE. RE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER IT’S CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUS, THE IMPACT OF THEIR PRESENCE WITH THE JURY AND RESPECT TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CASE. AND I GUESS THE NE XT QUESTION IS WHICH PASTOR IS NE? XT JUDGE TIMOTHY WALMSLEY // PRESIDING JUDGE MR. GOUGH, AT THIS POINT I’M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT YOU’RE DOING. I HAVE ALREADY RULED ON THIS COURTS POSITION IN REGARDS TO THE GALLE RY I WILL SAY THAT IS DIRECTLY IN RESPONSE MR. GOUGH TO STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE MADE WHICH I FIND REPREHENSIBLE. THE CORONEL SANDER’S STATEMENT YOU MADE LAST WEEK I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE SOMETHING THAT HAS INFLUENCED WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. THE JUDGE DENIED THE MOTION FOR MISTRIAL. AND DURING LUNCH BREAK, REVEREND JACKSON SAYS HIS PRESENCE IS JUST THE BEGINNING. <> REV. JESSE JACKSON // CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER THREE MEN KILLED AN INNOCENT, UNARMED BOY. AND THEN WITNESSES SAW IT. THEY HAVE A WEAK CASE. THEY WANT A MISTRIAL THE JUDGE SAID YOU’RE GRANTED A MISTRIA L. LOOK AT THE DIVERSION. TO ME IT’S NOTNL OY A DIVERSION BUT ALSO UNETHICAL. NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE BUT WRONG AND RIGHT. DANAE… AS FAR AS WHAS T’ HAPPENING IN COURT. .. WE’RE HEARING A LOT FROM BRYAN’S ATTORNEY. .. HAVE THE OTHER DEFENSE LAWYERS SPOKEN OUT ABOUT TH? IS WELL I SPOKE TO TRAVIS MCMICHAEL’S ATTORNEY. .. JASON SHEFFIELD ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY. HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY: <> REPORTER QUESTION: DO YOU REALLY THINKHA TT THE MERE PRESENCE OF THESE PASTORS COULD EJECT ATTH EMOTION INTO JURORS THAT YOU’RE CONCERNED ABOUT. SHEFFIELD: NO I DON’T THK IN THAT THE PRESENCE IN OF IT ‘S SELF OF REVEREND JACKSONR O THE PRESENCE IN OF IT’S SELF OF REREVEND SHARPTON IS SOMEHOW GOING TO CSEAU THIS JURY TO SAY WE’RE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE DEFENDANTS. ABSOLUTELY NOT. BUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND WHAT WE’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT JURIS PRUDENCE IN THE STATE IS THAT THERE ARE MOMES NT THAT CAN IMPACT JURORS AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE IT ALTHOUGH I DON’T KNOW THAT WE’VE SEEN IT YET ALTHOUGH WE’VE HAD SOME CLOSE CALLS. NOW ORGANIZERS HERE ON THE GRNDOU PLAN TO BRING MORE REVEREND’S THIS WEEK… SOMETHING LIKE 100 OR SO… INCLUDING REVEREND AL SHARPTON… WHO WILL BE HERE THURSDAY. THANK YOU DANAE. DON’T FORGET — YOU N CA WATCH IT LIVE ON OUR WEB

Jesse Jackson’s son seeks to fill Chicago-area US House seat

A son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Chicago-area congressional seat held by Bobby Rush, who is retiring.Jonathan Jackson on Friday announced his intentions to replace Rush in Illinois’ 1st District, the Chicago Tribune reported.Jackson, 56, owns a construction business and is a leader in his father’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. He said in a statement that he would focus on job creation and expanding access to health care and day care.About a dozen people have filed as candidates for the redrawn congressional district which stretches from Chicago’s South Side and southwest suburbs toward Kankakee. They include Chicago Alderman Pat Dowell, state Sen. Jacqueline Collins and Chicago and Cook County workforce development chief Karin Norington-Reaves, according to the newspaper.Rush announced earlier this month that he would not seek a 16th term in the U.S. House. The former Black Panther first won election in 1992.

CHICAGO —

A son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson is seeking the Democratic nomination for the Chicago-area congressional seat held by Bobby Rush, who is retiring.

Jonathan Jackson on Friday announced his intentions to replace Rush in Illinois’ 1st District, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Jackson, 56, owns a construction business and is a leader in his father’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. He said in a statement that he would focus on job creation and expanding access to health care and day care.

About a dozen people have filed as candidates for the redrawn congressional district which stretches from Chicago’s South Side and southwest suburbs toward Kankakee. They include Chicago Alderman Pat Dowell, state Sen. Jacqueline Collins and Chicago and Cook County workforce development chief Karin Norington-Reaves, according to the newspaper.

Rush announced earlier this month that he would not seek a 16th term in the U.S. House. The former Black Panther first won election in 1992.