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9 jurors have been seated so far, including multiple people with ties to police. In response to the historic 27 million dollar civil settlement announced Friday, the defense requested a change of venue Monday morning, claiming the jury pool has been tainted beyond repair. [Read Transcript...]
The settlement is the largest the city has ever paid out for police conduct; it sets a new legal precedent for how Black life is valued. Samantha HoangLong reports [Read Transcript...]
Several potential jurors have been rejected because they said they were fearful of police or were traumatized by the video that captured George Floyd’s death. Attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong says this is unfairly weighting the jury in Derek Chauvin’s favor. Report by Feven Gerezgiher [Read Transcript...]
Attorneys added just one juror Wednesday; meanwhile, the Minnesota Coalition for Police Accountability pushes statewide reforms. [Read Transcript...]
