Ep. 519 - My biggest concern about jury selection for the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Jury selection is currently underway in the trial of the 3 men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery. I have several concerns, but one troubles me more than most. Today I’ll unpack that and also discuss the death of Colin Powell.

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0:00.0	Early this morning we learned of the passing of Colin Powell, former Secretary of State of the United States,
0:08.0	long time military official for the United States military as well.
0:13.0	I'm going to unpack and explain some of the early news that we have on this story,
0:18.0	mainly that he died from complications of COVID, but was fully vaccinated,
0:24.0	which no doubt is going to spur all types of conspiracy theories.
0:29.0	But I'm mainly here today to talk about the jury selection for the trial of the horrible men who murdered a mod all-berry.
0:37.0	Let's unpack and explain it.
0:39.0	I do have some concerns about jury selection, and I try to lay those out here.
0:43.0	This is Sean King, and you are listening to...
0:46.0	The Breakdown.
0:48.0	The Breakdown.
0:50.0	The Breakdown.
0:53.0	The Breakdown.
0:55.0	In just a moment I'll share some of my thoughts about the passing of former US general Colin Powell, former Secretary of State,
1:14.0	and try to unpack and explain this complicated legacy.
1:20.0	There's going to be a lot of mourning.
1:25.0	I will say he was...
1:28.0	I was going to use the word revered.
1:31.0	That's not the right word.
1:34.0	He was as important in American politics as almost anybody in the past 50 years.
1:43.0	His name mattered.
1:50.0	His legacy is a tortured, complicated one, and we'll try to dig into that a little bit.
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