ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A jury has been selected in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing. Legal experts say prosecutors in this case have the difficult task of proving the officers willfully violated Floyd's constitutional rights. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing, with the judge stressing repeatedly that fellow Officer Derek Chauvin's conviction on state murder charges and guilty plea to a federal civil rights violation should not influence the proceedings. The jury pool for the officers' federal trial was selected from throughout the state — much more conservative and less diverse than the Minneapolis area from which the jury for Chauvin's state trial was drawn. The federal court declined a request to provide demographic information on jurors in the civil rights trial.

Source: Forbes January 21, 2022 00:08 UTC