Supporters of Ahmaud Arbery’s Family Keep Watch Outside the Courthouse

U.S.|Outside the courthouse, supporters of Ahmaud Arbery’s household support watch.

Supporters of the Arbery household who had gathered extracurricular the courthouse successful Brunswick, Ga., during closing arguments successful the proceedings connected Monday said that they were anxious but optimistic that the assemblage would find the 3 defendants blameworthy of murder.

“I consciousness assured we volition get justness for Ahmaud — but if we don’t, it won’t beryllium a surprise,” said Antwhon Suiter, president of the Shenandoah Valley section of Black Lives Matter.

Mr. Suiter is 1 of respective activists who person traveled to Brunswick respective times during the trial. On this trip, helium was joined by a fistful of different supporters from Virginia. He said that if the proceedings ends successful acquittal, it volition beryllium different illustration of the justness strategy not serving African Americans.

Members of the New Black Panther Party, wearing achromatic berets and uniforms, walked astir the courthouse astatine midday. When Marcus Arbery, Mr. Arbery’s father, arrived with Mark Baker, a Brunswick pastor, the radical led supporters successful chanting Ahmaud Arbery’s name.

For Brenda Barfield, the proceedings was an accidental to enactment Wanda Cooper Jones, Mr. Arbery’s mother. Ms. Barfield said she arrived successful Brunswick connected Sunday nighttime from the Orlando, Fla., area, traveling with 1 of her sons.

“I americium a Black parent to 2 sons, and I judge that alteration needs to beryllium made successful this country,” she said. “Solutions request to beryllium discussed, and monumental problems request to beryllium solved.”