MINNEAPOLIS — Jury selection was completed in a single day Thursday in the federal civil rights trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused of helping Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd in May 2020 by failing to intervene.
Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected from a pool of 67 questioned in two groups by U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson. Because this is a federal trial, the jurors come from all over the state.
Opening statements are set for Monday in the trial of J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. The three are accused of depriving Floyd of his constitutional rights by failing to intervene when Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes outside of Cup Food at the intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue.
