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Jury selection is complete in the high-profile murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the murder of George Floyd.
It took about two weeks to pick the jury in a slow and deliberate process to seat an impartial jury in a case that’s been publicized around the world.
Opening statements are scheduled to begin on Monday. The court chose fifteen jurors. Twelve will sit on the jury and two will be alternates. The final person chosen on Tuesday, an accountant, will be dismissed next week if the other fourteen show up.
Video of Floyd’s death reignited a movement against racial injustice and police brutality that spread around the world as protests and civil unrest erupted in the Twin Cities. Chauvin was filmed with his knee pinning Floyd’s neck to the ground for nearly nine minutes as Floyd called for his mother and said he couldn’t breathe.
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