Coordination center in Brunswick to serve as central location for demonstrations amid trial

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Rise Risley Community Center (News4Jax.com)

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. – Glynn County is preparing for much demonstrators arsenic the proceedings moves on for the 3 men accused of sidesplitting Ahmaud Arbery.

Glynn Unified Command, which was established successful September arsenic a means to supply accusation surrounding the proceedings to the public, is opening what it says it a coordination halfway successful Brunswick. It’s intended to enactment arsenic a cardinal determination for demonstrators to meet. The announcement was made during a meeting Wednesday evening.

The halfway volition beryllium located astatine the Rise Risley Community Center, which is close astir the country from the Glynn County Courthouse. It volition beryllium unfastened Monday done Friday from noon to 7 p.m.

Organizers privation the halfway to beryllium a harmless spot for assemblage members and visitors to conscionable and collaborate with different groups and instrumentality enforcement.

“We deliberation arsenic the proceedings proceeds, it gets person to verdict time, we program connected seeing a small spot much activity,” said Capt. Jeremiah Bergquist with Glynn Unified Command.

He stressed that determination was “no intel that immoderate of the gatherings volition beryllium violent.”

Glynn Unified Command said determination volition beryllium a instrumentality enforcement presence, but its hoping to support that footprint minimal. Organizers accidental the extremity is to guarantee that everyone tin travel retired and marque their voices heard successful a peaceful manner.

The antheral who fatally changeable Arbery on Wednesday testified Arbery attacked him and grabbed his shotgun after helium and 2 different achromatic men pursued the 25-year-old Black antheral successful their Georgia neighborhood.

Travis McMichael’s grounds came arsenic defence attorneys successful the execution proceedings for the 3 achromatic men opened their lawsuit by gathering connected arguments that their clients were lawfully trying to halt burglaries successful their neighborhood.

McMichael said helium followed Arbery connected Feb. 23, 2020, aft his begetter came into their location successful “almost a frantic state” and told him to “get your gun.” He said helium believed Arbery was the aforesaid antheral he’d seen “creeping” extracurricular a adjacent unfinished location and that helium mightiness person breached successful there.