Jury selection delayed in trial of US policeman charged with killing George Floyd
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First trial for the police murder of George Floyd opens amid atmosphere of nervousness
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Jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death has begun with the first potential juror excused after she revealed during questioning that she thought the way the officer acted was “not fair”.
The woman, a mother of three from Mexico, said she saw a bystander video showing Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, but she did not understand why the officer did not get up when Floyd said he could not breathe.
“That’s not fair because we are humans, you know?” she said.
Defence lawyer Eric Nelson noted the woman said on her questionnaire she wanted to be on the jury “to give my opinion of the unjust death of George Floyd”.