Ahmaud Arbery killing: judge rejects mistrial requests as Jesse Jackson attends

Defense claimed jurors were tainted by tears in gallery, where the reverend joined Arbery's parents

A judge has denied mistrial requests at the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors were tainted by weeping from the gallery where Arbery's parents sat with the Rev Jesse Jackson.

Monday morning's testimony was interrupted by arguments in the jury's absence over Jackson's appearance. The judge said he found one defense lawyer's complaints last week about Black pastors to be reprehensible" and no group would be excluded from his courtroom.