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The judge who accompanied the jury in the trial of the former claimant accused of protecting the killers Ahmaud Arber

The judge who accompanied the jury in the trial of the former claimant accused of protecting the killers Ahmaud Arber

Brunswick, Ga. – The selection of jury will end on Tuesday in the trial of the wrong criminal proceedings of the former Georgian prosecutor, accused of interfering with the police investigation in the murder of Ahmaud Arber in 2020.

White men with pistols and pickups chased and fatally shot a black man on neighborly street after they were wrongly suspected that he was a thief. The man who started a deadly chase worked for the local district prosecutor.

Now, when the prosecutor, former District Prosecutor Jackie Johnson, returned to court as an accused, accused of violating the oath, crime and offenses related to the obstruction of the police when they examined Arbery’s murder. Johnson denied the offense, saying that she immediately referred the case to an external prosecutor.

Senior judge John R. Turner planned to accommodate the jury on Tuesday morning in the Court of Glynn in Port City of Brunswick. The selection of the jury began a week ago, but was delayed by a rare winter storm, which left the coastal community covered with snow and ice.

Statements of prosecutors and defense lawyers were scheduled for later Tuesday after the seating of a 12-person jury plus two alternative sworn. Office of Prosecutor General Georgia Chris Carr chases the case.

The judge said he expected Johnson’s trial to last two weeks or more. It takes place in the same court in which Arbery’s attackers were convicted of murder in 2021.

Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael armed and chased 25-year-old Arbery in a pickup after he saw him passing by their home on February 23, 2020. A neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, joined the pursuit in his truck and He recorded a video from the Travis McMichael mobile phone shooting at Arbera with a close range.

Greg McMichael was a retired investigator who worked for Johnson. He called her about an hour after the murder.