CNN’s Sellers: People in the Courthouse Confuse Me with a Defendant Because I Am Black

HILL The judge reacting ░░░░░░░░ that saying he didn ░░░░░░░░ want to blanketly exclude ░░░░░░░░ of the public from ░░░░░░░░ courtroom as long as ░░░░░░░░ are no distractions Bakari ░░░░░░░░ ll let you take ░░░░░░░░ one first There has ░░░░░░░░ a lot of outrage ░░░░░░░░ that defense attorney s ░░░░░░░░ I don t want ░░░░░░░░ more black pastors in ░░░░░░░░ saying they re influencing ░░░░░░░░ jury he at one ░░░░░░░░ said he didn t ░░░░░░░░ this to be political ░░░░░░░░ There is much more ░░░░░░░░ that comment I think ░░░░░░░░ that s why it ░░░░░░░░ getting such a reaction ░░░░░░░░ morning Bakari SELLERS Yeah ░░░░░░░░ is kind of it ░░░░░░░░ steeped in racism And ░░░░░░░░ actually appreciate Scott s ░░░░░░░░ that we should be ░░░░░░░░ to just look at ░░░░░░░░ law without the emotional ░░░░░░░░ political constructs The problem ░░░░░░░░ that I can t ░░░░░░░░ particularly I m glad ░░░░░░░░ we re having this ░░░░░░░░ and this conversation and ░░░░░░░░ same vein as Rittenhouse ░░░░░░░░ it is hard to ░░░░░░░░ those things Let me ░░░░░░░░ you the perfect example ░░░░░░░░ this week I was ░░░░░░░░ a courthouse in Anderson ░░░░░░░░ Carolina I was sitting ░░░░░░░░ the front row and ░░░░░░░░ was actually tweeting on ░░░░░░░░ phone And it wasn ░░░░░░░░ many people in the ░░░░░░░░ at all I was ░░░░░░░░ to go up and ░░░░░░░░ an argument in front ░░░░░░░░ the judge and the ░░░░░░░░ taps me on my ░░░░░░░░ and says Phones aren ░░░░░░░░ allowed in the courthouse ░░░░░░░░ said What He said ░░░░░░░░ we ll have to ░░░░░░░░ you out of here ░░░░░░░░ get your phone out ░░░░░░░░ here I said Sir ░░░░░░░░ m a lawyer He ░░░░░░░░ Oh I didn t ░░░░░░░░ I m sorry That ░░░░░░░░ not the first time ░░░░░░░░ a bailiff or some ░░░░░░░░ of the court has ░░░░░░░░ me to be a ░░░░░░░░ or somebody that did ░░░░░░░░ belong And so it ░░░░░░░░ hard to decouple when ░░░░░░░░ re having these conversations ░░░░░░░░ that emotion decouple that ░░░░░░░░ when you are seeing ░░░░░░░░ play out right before ░░░░░░░░ eyes in both Kenosha ░░░░░░░░ Georgia.”