MINNEAPOLIS — The federal civil rights trial started Thursday for the three former Minneapolis police officers who were with Derek Chauvin in May 2020, when he killed George Floyd.
Proceedings began with jury selection in downtown St. Paul before Presiding U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson, who said he expects the 12 jurors and six alternates to be selected in two days — far faster than the two weeks needed to pick the Hennepin County District Court jury that convicted Chauvin of murder in April.
Magnuson began questioning prospective jurors Thursday on their hometowns, occupations and hobbies.
