“I’m still mad, and I’m still emotional,” said father Marcus Arbery, “and I’m going to be like that for the rest of my life.”
The family of Ahmaud Arbery visited the site of his death as proceedings in the case against the three men accused of his murder began to ramp up.
According to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, three busloads of Arbery family members left the court and arrived at Satilla Drive in the Satilla Shores neighborhood late last week.
“This is where his blood was spilled,” one woman in the group said. “It’s sacred ground, right here.”
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Jury selection in the trial of Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their friend and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan began on Oct. 18. The trial is set to take place in Glynn County, Georgia, which is where Arbery was killed in Brunswick, a city with a population of 16,000.
Ahmaud’s father, Marcus Arbery, and his sisters, Ruby and Dianne, had been holding a vigil in front of the Glynn County courthouse as jury selection got underway. According to The AJC, they “chanted, shouted, sang and, at times, cried” as the process took place. A full jury of 12 people and four alternates has not yet been chosen.
Source: Ahmaud Arbery’s family visits site where he was killed: ‘It’s sacred ground’
