reaction was outside the court, is that right, jose? outside court and if there s any observations of what the jury was doing, looking like inside the court during these arguments? absolutely. so, look, there is a family vigil that takes place outside the court as these proceedings go on. you can see behind me some members of the family as they re coming out of the court, some have remained outside the court while some are inside the court. the other thing that s happening out here is you do see some protesters. not a large amount of protesters, but some protesters, including members of the black panther and the new black panther party, and i bring that up because it speaks to the discussion that is happening around this country, as it comes to race and this trial. that cannot be forgotten. and as we prepare to hear what the defense teams are going to say, keep in mind that kevin gauff has been saying some outrageous and outlandish things that are having some very racial overto
bryan jr. went to the prosecution and asked them for some kind of a plea deal. and as you said, that plea deal was rejected. i got to say, the timing of that sounds really strange. pretty much the testimony is done in this trial. today they re going to go over the charging documents. so why you would think at that time you might have some leverage with the prosecution to work out a kind of deal for your client is hard to understand. but kevin gauff at times has been difficult to understand. so we wait to get some kind of word from him directly. we want to know is this really what happened. but as far as we are told, by lee merritt, that offer was made, it was rejected. the reason that lee merritt would know and wanda cooper jones would know is the state would probably consult with the victim s family on any issue when it comes to possible kind of arrangement on a plea deal. so, again, it was rejected, it is an 11th hour kind of plea
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