This is what jurors in Derek Chauvin's trial think about Black Lives Matter, defund the police...

[Nevilledog]

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This is what jurors in Derek Chauvin’s trial think about Black Lives Matter, defund the police, and the protests after George Floyd's killing. https://buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/jurors-derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-case… via @TasneemN

This is what jurors in Derek Chauvin’s trial think about Black Lives Matter, defund the police, and...
A retired Black grandmother in her 60s. A white nurse in her 50s. Two Black men who immigrated to the US. Two single white mothers in their 50s. The 14 jurors in George Floyd’s murder trial were...
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10:57 AM · Mar 23, 2021

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/jurors-derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-case

Fourteen people in Minnesota have been selected as jurors in former officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial for killing George Floyd, ending a more than two-week process in which they explained their views on Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter, the protests after Floyd’s death, and defunding the Minneapolis Police Department.

The jurors identities’ will be kept anonymous through the trial, but according to the court they include eight white people, four Black people, and two people who identified as more than one race.

Among them is a retired Black grandmother in her sixties, a white nurse in her fifties, two Black managers in their thirties and forties who immigrated to the US, a white auditor and a Black youth sports coach in their thirties, two single white mothers in their fifties working in healthcare, a white chemist and a white social worker in their twenties, and two multiracial women in their twenties and forties. The court selected a 15th juror Tuesday, a white man in his twenties, in case one of the 14 seated jurors drops out before opening arguments begin on March 29.

During the selection process, there were concerns that excessive publicity in the case, especially the city’s $27 million civil settlement with George Floyd’s family, would prejudice prospective jurors. Hennepin County district judge Peter Cahill — who is presiding over the trial — dropped two jurors who said they could no longer be impartial after hearing about the news of the settlement.

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[BeyondGeography]

1. Not seeing a murder conviction here

The few jurors mentioning Floyd’s “checkered” past and negative feelings about the protests should yield at least one holdout.

This will be a tougher case than many here might accept. To me, Elijah McClain’s murder was even worse, but there was not a comparable video so this is where the focus is.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. These Days, I ALWAYS Expect It To Be An Impossible Case

I'm not going to be shocked when he walks.

[Celerity]

2. their opinions on those issues

Nearly all of the selected jurors had somewhat negative or neutral views of Chauvin, while a few mentioned Floyd’s “checkered past” and “skeletons in his closet.” Many felt favorably about Black Lives Matter as a statement but not as an organization, and most were favorable or neutral about Blue Lives Matter. All the jurors said they respected law enforcement and most disagreed with the idea of defunding the Minneapolis Police Department. Several believed that the protests after Floyd’s death negatively impacted their communities in terms of the destruction of property and rioting.

[kcr]

4. There won't be a conviction

with that handpicked jury.

[abqtommy]

5. If I were the judge presiding in this case I'd be very interested in this op and whoever

wrote it and whoever posted it here on DU.

[Nevilledog]

6. Excuse me?

[USALiberal]

7. Lol, ok! Nt