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Trial Delayed for Leader of Black Nationalist Militia

Trial Delayed for Leader of Black Nationalist Militia
Grandmaster Jay left, leader of NFAC, leads a march in Louisville, Ky., on July 25, 2020. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.–A federal judge has delayed the trial of John Johnson, the black nationalist militia leader accused of pointing his firearm at a group of law enforcement officers during a September 2020 racial justice protest in Louisville, Kentucky.

Johnson’s trial was set to begin on April 27, and a cameraman from a local television news station was awaiting the defendant’s arrival that morning outside Gene Snyder U.S. Courthouse. But inside, reporters were told by the clerk that the trial had been delayed until May 23.