\ Page Al4-The Chronicle, Thursc Jury selectioi ??M hairdresser, a Winston-Salem State University student, a factory worker and an AT&T assemblyperson. Presiding Judge Preston Cornelius sent the five jurors home at i n -1 < \v/ ?~ iw.u tt tuunuay morning, asKing them to return Thursday morning. Jury selection is expected to be completed by Wednesday afternoon with opening arguments beginning Thursday or Friday. Much of Tuesday was spent hearing motions from the defense attorneys. Cornelius denied most of the defense's 22 motions, including requests to let Hunt seiVfr a& his own co-counsel, to exclude the state's witnesses from the courtroom until they testify and to question each potential juror separately. Cornelius also denied motions that would prohibit District Attorney Donald Tisdale from "death-qualifying" jurors by requiring that they support the Taking Fron it Saturday-morning shoppers filed out of shops along Liberty Street to watch the parade of Hunt supporters march by. Passersby waved at friends and \ tooted horns in support. Bus riders put their destinations on hold to join in the march and curious bystanders wondered what was going on. And, although fears that the Ku Klux Klan or some other group might confront the marchers proved to be unfounded, several cars containing white onlookers were parked alone the w parade path. "We are sick and tired of being sick and tired," shouted Alderman Larry Womble during a sermon in front of the Hall of Justice. "This is MemoriaJ Day weekend, but it's more. This weekend is not only for the veterans but it's a memorial for Darryl Hunt and all tjie other Darryl Hunts in this world. This is the Hall of Justice, but if the trial does not come out right, we will change the name of this building to the Hall of Injustice." j There were young and old among the predominantly black crowd that included some whites. Aldermen Larry Little and Larry Womble marched alongside residents from the LibertyPatterson area. Jim Mack, a local .i consultant; Evelyn Terry, a Winston-Salem State University _ CCl _ I . ?T ? ? ? * umciai; nerman Aiariage, Mead of the city's Human Relations Department; Patrick Hairston, president of the city's NAACP chapter, and the Rev. Carlton Eversley, pastor of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church, all donned their marching shoes. Christians marched hand-inhand with Muslims. The city's long-time civil rights fighters showed first-timers the way. Daddies held the hands of their children. Alderman Larry Little, who organized the march, told the marchers beforehand that their actions did not endorse rape and murder. Little said the march symbolizes that the facts presented thus far in the case, as well as the physical evidence, do not indicate that Hunt committed the murder. Little said it seems that public pressure to find the Sykes murderer is the reason Hunt is in jail. "... 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Because Hunt is black and Sykes, the victim, was white, the defense attorneys and Alderman Larry Little, who heads the Darryl Hunt Defense Committee, object to an all-white juryL But, because blacks as a race tend to oppose the death penalty, said defense attorney Rabil while prsenting one of his motions, n Page A1 around and find some black man with a record ... and charge him with this crime," said Little. Or, as Khalid Griggs, head of the Institute for Islamic Involvement, said to the marchers before they left the church: 'Must as it is Darryl Hunt today, it could be any of us tomorrow.'* The marchers, some of them Hunt's friends and acquaintances, others representing various community organiza uons, expressed similar concerns. "I don't appreciate the way they are doing that boy," said Renee Brown, one of Hunt's friends. "I know Darryl. I knowed him since before his mother was killed. They shouldn't do him that way." Said Lewis Pitts, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs in the Klan-Nazi civil suit: "The important thing here is to get a cross-section on the jury. Having an all-white jury is against our constitution. We are trying to continue in the effort to get justice." Although the trip from the Hall of Justice back to Lloyd Presbyterian Church was not an organized march, the intensity hadn't waned. "I'm more serious about this than I ever been 'bout anything in my life," said a woman who only introduced herself as a friend of Hunt. "I'll be at that trial everyday." In other developments in the Hunt trial: Reports have surfaced that District Attorney Donald Tisdale may indict Larry Little for harassing a potential witness in the Hunt cafce. Little said Tisdale's actions represent those of a desperate man. "They want to intimidate me," said Little. 'They don't have a case, so now they figure they will go after me. But I ain't going nowhere. Tisdale is just mad at me." According to Little, Tisdale said Little harassed James Johnson, a cab driver who has said that he gave Hunt a ride on the morning of the murder. No evidence has been found to indicate that that is true, said Little. An employee at the Blue Bird Cab Co. in Winston-Salem said hiiv wuipfuij uuv,jh l nave d driver named James Johnson. Tisdale could not be reached for comment. Family Friend" ly help itself. ly's own natural rhythm ndably. Overnight. That's Smim there is a possibility that blacks will not serve on the jury. Tisdale objected, saying the defense didn't want a fair jury but a jury that was "racially partial." But in order for the black community to see the Hunt trial as a form of justice, there cannot be an all-white jury, said Rabil. "With an all-white jury it will be hard for our community to have respect for the opinion in this case," said Rabil. Although Tisdale objected to the defense's motion that he list his reasons for disqualifying black jurors, three of the seven peremptory challenges he had used by Wednesday afternoon eliminated black jurors - two of whom supported the death penalty. Of the eight black potential jurors that had been questioned as of lunchtime Wednesday, three were eliminated by Tisdale, two were excused because they knew Hunt and felt it would be difficult to be impartial, one was dismissed by the state because he opposed the^