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January 21, 2022

Civil Rights Trial of Ex-Cops Involved in George Floyd Murder Begins in Minneapolis
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In Minnesota, jury selection wrapped up Thursday in the federal trial of
three former Minneapolis police officers charged with federal civil
rights violations in George Floyd's murder. The jury of 18 is made up of
10 women and eight men; most of them appear to be white, and none are
Black. Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao stood by and watched
as Derek Chauvin murdered Floyd, pressing his knee into Floyd's neck for
over nine minutes. The three face charges of aiding and abetting murder
and manslaughter in a separate trial set to begin in a Hennepin County
court in March.


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