MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection enters a third week Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death.
Thirteen jurors have been seated for Derek Chauvin's trial on murder and manslaughter charges, with the judge saying two more will be seated ahead of opening statements expected March 29.
Only 12 will deliberate. The others will be alternates, needed only if some jurors are unable to to serve for any reason. Floyd, who was Black, was declared dead May 25 after Chauvin, who is white, pressed his knee on his neck for about nine minutes while he was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe.