‘More Bubbas, no Black pastors’: Attorney for man accused of killing Arbery decried as racist

Merritt on Thursday joined hundreds of mostly Black pastors outside the Glynn County Courthouse in Georgia, where they gathered in response to Gough’s request to keep them out of the courtroom.

Before his comments targeting Black pastors and civil rights leaders, Gough came under scrutiny for trying to ban peaceful demonstrators from gathering outside the courthouse to call for justice for Arbery.

Gough has only gotten more offensive as the trial has gone on, Henderson said.