looks like in the 21st century with all due respect. they don t have to have 10,000 people outside. perception is reality. reporter: goff continued to make his inflammatory statements in court. just because they haven t put a gallery up, what do you they haven t put a podium up outside with a hangp dshangman doesn t mean this isn t a trial despite the best efforts of this court, this isn t a trial that s been infected by mob violence. reporter: and again calling for a mistrial citing prejudice and influence on the jury due to the demonstration and because several pastors accompanied the arbery family in the courtroom. this is an event that is literally, literally at the courthouse door with more people than i can count. we ve got multiple black voters matter signs outside and the black pastors matter signs. reporter: the judge once again denying the motion. the lead prosecutor calling goff
so, can you explain what else happened in court today, ryan? reporter: anderson, when you think about this, kevin goff was using those strong words. when you think about this, this is the south. the idea that he would compare this to lynching really struck people in a weird way. and he was at the center of almost everything that was involved in court. of course he moved for a mistrial. the judge denied that. but there was also this story that came out because attorney lee merritt says he approached the prosecution of getting a plea deal and was denied. that really set him off today. but take a listen to this exchange in court that was quite explosive. just because they haven t put a gallery up what they haven t put up a podium outside with a hang man s noose doesn t mean this isn t a trial despite the best efforts of this court,
mistrial. the judge denied that. but there was also this story that came out because attorney lee merritt says he approached the prosecution of getting a plea deal and was denied. that really set him off today. but take a listen to this exchange in court that was quite explosive. just because they haven t put a gallery up what they haven t put up a podium outside with a hang man s noose doesn t mean this isn t a trial despite the best efforts of this court, this isn t a trial that s been affected by mob violence of a woke left mob. when you think about this, anderson, you re talking about maybe 400 to 500 preachers that showed up and they were just talking about the lord and praying outside. and there was a march here. there was never any talk of any violence. so, a lot of people were surprised by the strong language that was used in court. of course this is not the first time that kevin goff has done
accused of killing a black man. listen to how he makes the complaint. third parties are influencing this case. they ve been doing it from the gallery in this courtroom. they ve been doing it from outside. this is why a public lynching looks like in the 21st century with all due respect. just because they haven t put a gallery up, a they haven t put a podium up outside with a hangman s noose on it doesn t mean that this isn t a trial, despite the best efforts of this court. this isn t a trial that s been infected by mob violence of a woke left mob. so he is essentially accusing a crowd of primarily african-american pastors of somehow being involved in what he describes as a lynching of his white client who is charged with the murder of a black man. you could imagine that there was already immediate outrage to those comments but, meanwhile,