Brunswick Confederate monument wrapped in plastic during jury selection in Arbery case
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – One other Brunswick challenge is making nationwide information as jury selection continues within the trial of the three males charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery.
The Accomplice monument that stands in Hanover Sq. was wrapped in plastic and has been that means because the begin of jury choice.
A Brunswick man wrote on Fb saying metropolis officers signed off on his plan to wrap the monument to guard it from doable vandalism forward of the trial. He additionally stated it was paid for by non-public residents for free of charge to town of Brunswick.
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The decide stated Tuesday there haven’t been any issues whereas jury choice has been occurring.
In November 2020, the city voted to remove the statue. In August of this 12 months, a Georgia Court docket of Appeals denied a motion to block the monument’s removal, however no timeline has been set for a elimination date.
On Tuesday, Superior Court docket Choose Timothy Walmsley denied a protection movement seeking to limit signs and demonstrations exterior the Glynn County Courthouse in the course of the trial.
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