A lawyer for Arbery's family wore a face covering with the words "George Floyd" at a hearing, prompting a defense lawyer to ask the judge to allow only "content-neutral' masks.
A pretrial hearing in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case featured a dispute over coronavirus face coverings on Friday, with a defense lawyer objecting to a George Floyd mask in court.
Floyd, who like Arbery was a Black man, died in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, setting off worldwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism. His death came a month after Arbery was confronted by three white men and gunned down in Brunswick, Georgia. "If we are permitted to wear masks making political statements, then Mr. Evans and I and his office should be free to wear 'MAGA' masks if we wanted to in the courtroom," Gough said, referring to prosecutor Jesse Evans and President Donald Trump's campaign slogan.
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