A $27 million settlement Minneapolis reached with George Floyd’s family has set back jury selection in the trial of the former officer accused of killing him.
Two people with a George Floyd sign sit in a sheltered spot across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) Two jurors have been excused from the criminal case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after news broke of a record-breaking civil settlement with the family of George Floyd.
Both jurors told Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill that they’d heard about a $27 million settlement agreement between the city of Minneapolis and Floyd’s relatives, and that they weren’t sure they could be completely impartial in light of the settlement.
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