As the first guilty verdict against Travis McMichael was read out for malice murder, a loud “Whoop!” echoed through the courtroom. Judge Timothy Walmsley promptly had the person removed. The exclamation came from Ahmaud Arbery's father, Marcus Arbery, who could not contain himself after more than 10 days of grueling testimony.
The jury in the trial of the three men who killed Ahmaud Arbery began deliberating on Tuesday, in a case that has become part of the ongoing national reckoning about race and justice.
A judge concluded, "there appears to be intentional discrimination" in selecting jurors in the high profile case against three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.