From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is Adali.

Today, in the coming days, a trial will begin to determine whether the fatal shooting of a

mod arbor, an unarmed black man by two armed white men, is considered murder under Georgia state law.

I spoke with my colleague, Richard Fawcett, about why that may be a difficult case for prosecutors to make.

It's Thursday, October 28.

Richard, as we prepare for this trial to begin, I wonder if you can describe the scene at the

courthouse where the trial is going to take place in Georgia. So this trial is taking place in

the small coastal city of Brunswick, Georgia. The killing of a mod arbor, it took place just

outside of town in a little subdivision there. And there's just a lot of pain and anger still

over what happened. And you can feel it in the voices of the people who've been gathering in front

of the Glen County courthouse. We don't want anyone to ever forget about a mod.

These are local people and some people from out of state who've come. They're chanting.

They're angry, they're hurt, they're calling for justice for a mod arbor.

We don't get it shut and burn, we don't get it shut and burn.

12 jurors will eventually decide the guilt or innocence of Gregory McMichael, his son Travis

McMichael and William Bryan. You can also really feel it inside the four walls of the courtroom.

The judge and your attorneys are slowly and painstakingly making their way through a pool of

hundreds of potential panelists. You've got lawyers who are having a really hard time finding locals

who aren't connected to this case in some way. Brunswick, although not a small town, it's a small

city and a lot of people do know a lot of people. You have a number of people who've said that they

know or have worked with the families of the three men accused of murder, a number of people who

said they knew Ahmad Arbery's family. Potentra juror 247 says it would be hard for them not to be

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