They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath the downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered into vans with heavily tinted windows and driven to their cars under police escort.

Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp. Photo: flickr/Wikimedia Commons Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp. Photo: flickr/Wikimedia Commons

For Emily Kohrs, these were the moments last May when she realized she wasn't participating in just any grand jury.