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likened the atmosphere to a public lynching. 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, this case has been infected by things that have nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of these defendants. third parties, they ve been doing it from the gallery of this courtroom. they ve been doing it outside. this is what a public lynching looks like in the 21st century, with all due respect. they don t have to have 10,000 people outside. they don t have to have 100,000 people outside. perception is reality. just because 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
absolute last minute to do their travel plans. sounds like a long layover at the airport bar. at least i won t be alone. allison chinchar, thank you so much. everybody be warned that s where boris is going to be. good luck with that. i hope it goes well. so after ten days of court proceedings and testimony from more than 20 witnesses and investigators, closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow in the ahmaud arbery murder trial. travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael and their neighbor william roddie bryan jr. face charges after prosecutors say they chased down and killed arbery in february of last year. arbery s family is expressing outrage over comments friday by one of the three defense attorneys in the case. kevin cough drawing a lot of attention and sparking controversy. he motioned for a mistrial after he compared a prayer rally led by a group of black pastors to a public lynching of his client.
these outrageous offensive, and racist comments throughout the trial. he s the lawyer that stood up and said he didn t want black pastor, didn t want pastors, black pastors in that courtroom. he s the lawyer that compared the prayer vigil to a public lynching. he s been making these comments throughout the trial and the judge repeatedly strikes him down, denies his motion, so i think in some ways, this lawyer, boris, has been trying to signal in a clandestine way to this jury, he s brought up issues of settlement and issues of other money that have been raised by the arbery family. i think he s trying to send a message to this jury that, you know, this is a black community lining up against his clients and somehow they should be the final arbiters to prevent what he s calling this mob attack. i don t think it will work. i think it s, again, as an officer of a court his conduct is reprehensible in many ways. quickly, what are you anticipating in the way of
arbery s family expressing outrage over comments yesterday by defense attorney for one of the defendants who compared a prayer rally led by a group of black pastors outside the kourtd courthouse to a public lynching of his client. he made the comments in a motion for mistrial, which was denied. joining me now, tim alexander, a civil rights attorney, a former 27-year police detective who was also running for congress as a democrat in new jersey. tim, always good to see you. so, one of the defense attorneys reportedly approaching the prosecution thursday wanting to make a plea deal. is that an indicator of the defense feeling the heat that it s self-defense strategy is in trouble? certainly is an indicator that his client did not perform well during cross-examination and it gave them pause or concern for the outcome of the trial for his client so he approached or allegedly