Majority-white jury in Ahmaud Arbery case like a ‘relic of the old South,’ expert says

Opening statements begin Friday in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, in Southeast Georgia last year. Arbery’s death triggered national protests after cellphone video of the incident showed him being chased down and shot over suspected robbery. Questions raised during jury selection continue to put race at the heart of this trial. John Yang reports.

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