Almost all-white jury picked in Ahmaud Arbery trial despite pushback

Ahmaud Arbery Georgia Trial — Travis McMichael, his father, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr.

The judge and prosecutors in the Ahmaud Arbery trial, in which three white men are accused of killing a black man jogging through their Georgia neighborhood, claimed defense attorneys systematically eliminated a disproportionate number of potential jurors because of their race.

A jury of 12 people, 11 white members and one black member, were eventually picked from a pool of 1,000 and seated Wednesday, following a contentious selection process in the coastal Georgia town that lasted for 2 1/2 weeks.