MN - George Floyd, 46, died in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 *officers charged* #3

[Chelly]

Judge back on bench and stated he is releasing race of each seated juror, so the media doesn't have to guess and get it wrong.

 

[shotgun09]

PJ # 59 excused per Judge

PJ # 60, strike by defense 9/15

 

[Chelly]

Cathy Russon

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ 62, Male. This is the final juror today.
@LawCrimeNetwork

 

[Chelly]

Cathy Russon

@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - Judge dismisses PJ62 after he said he could not be impartial.
@LawCrimeNetwork

 

[Chelly]

Court in recess until tomorrow.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Juror #55 will be on the jury...
Surprised

Juror #55 is a white woman in her 50s who is a single parent and works in the health care field. She said she manages conflict regularly at work when helping to resolve patient issues.

She said she rides a motorcycle in honor of her late husband. The prosecution asked her if she has gone to Sturgis, and she said not in a long time.

The woman said she believes all lives matter and responded on her questionnaire that she has a neutral or slightly negative view of Black Lives Matter.

“All lives matter to me, it doesn’t matter who they are or what they are,” she said. She didn’t remember why she responded the way she did about Black Lives Matter on her questionnaire, but said she might have thought that “maybe they were taking it too far.”

However, when questioned by the prosecution she said, “Maybe they felt that they never were seen, they never were heard, whereas I don’t believe that to be true. But I’m not them and I might see things in a different view.”

She said she has never watched the whole bystander video of the moments leading up to George Floyd’s death because it was disturbing. But she said she would be willing to watch it during the trial if she were seated as a juror.

She drew a strong distinction between rioting and protesting, and said during the unrest following Floyd's death that she was afraid it would come to her neighborhood.

Juror #55 told a story of witnessing police respond too aggressively to a boy with a water bottle in his hand last summer. That boy was white, she told the prosecution.

She said she has trust in the police “until they show me something different” but that she will be able to give the word of a bystander equal weight when witnesses testify at trial.

The defense and the prosecution both "passed for cause," meaning they will not use a strike to remove the woman from the jury. She was seated as the ninth juror.

Derek Chauvin trial live updates: Jury selection continues | kare11.com

 

[JerseyGirl]

PJ # 60, strike by defense 9/15

the defense used a peremptory strike to dismiss. They now have six strikes left, and the prosecution has five.

Derek Chauvin trial live updates: Jury selection continues

Court is adjourned for the day, with pretrial motions to resume Tuesday at 8 a.m. Jury selection will continue after that, around 9 a.m.

Five people are still needed to complete the panel of 14, including 12 jurors and two alternates.

The judge has not yet ruled on a defense request for a continuance, or delay, based on the public announcement of a civil settlement related to George Floyd's death.

 

[In vino veritas]

Fellow Sleuthers.... your thoughts on the announcement and timing of the civil settlement of $27M?? Do you think this will have tainted the jury pool sufficiently to result in a mistrial?

Or will the impossibility of a fair trial result in complete acquittal for DC?

 

[Betty P]

Fellow Sleuthers.... your thoughts on the announcement and timing of the civil settlement of $27M?? Do you think this will have tainted the jury pool sufficiently to result in a mistrial?

Or will the impossibility of a fair trial result in complete acquittal for DC?

I was disappointed to hear of it. The decision to release that information was unethical, but no one seems to care about ethics anymore. I think it's possible the news could taint the jury pool. JMO

 

[mickey2942]

Fellow Sleuthers.... your thoughts on the announcement and timing of the civil settlement of $27M?? Do you think this will have tainted the jury pool sufficiently to result in a mistrial?

Or will the impossibility of a fair trial result in complete acquittal for DC?

Being impartial, the Civil suit is separate from the murder trial. MOO is that the 27 million was beyond excessive. There needs to be a reasonable cap on these exorbitant settlements.

If I was a juror it would not create an issue for me.

 

[SouthAussie]

Fellow Sleuthers.... your thoughts on the announcement and timing of the civil settlement of $27M?? Do you think this will have tainted the jury pool sufficiently to result in a mistrial?

Or will the impossibility of a fair trial result in complete acquittal for DC?

I think an acquittal would end up in chaos on the streets of Minneapolis. And it wouldn't be fair to the victim.

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[Niner]

from article:
the defense used a peremptory strike to dismiss. They now have six strikes left, and the prosecution has five.

Actually - the State has 4 strikes left.... they have used 5.

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, March 16th:
*Trial continues with Jury Selection (Day 6) (Motions hearing @ 8am & jury selection @ 9am CT) - MN – George Perry Floyd, Jr. (46) (May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, arrested for forgery & killed in police custody) - *Derek Michael Chauvin (44) police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes & 46 seconds (Note: on 10/14/20 this has been changed to 9 minutes & 30 seconds) (& non responsive for 2 minutes & 53 seconds before officer took his knee off his neck; from 8:19pm to 8:27pm his knee was on Floyd’s neck; has been fired (5/26/20) & arrested & charged (5/29/20) with 3rd degree murder & 2nd degree manslaughter. Charges changed (6/3/20) to 2nd degree murder-unintentional-while committing a felony, 3rd degree murder-perpetrating eminently dangerous act (3rd degree charge was dismissed on 10/22/20 & reinstated on 3/11/21) & evincing depraved mind & 2nd degree manslaughter-culpable negligence creating unreasonable risk. $500K bond, reset (6/8/20) @ $1.25M & $1M with conditions. Posted non-cash $1M bond (10/7/20) & has been released from jail.
Trial began on 3/8/21 with jury selection. Jury selection could run through March 26, 2021. Opening statements & the commencement of the State’s case will begin no earlier than March 29, 2021. Experts anticipate the trial could last 2-4 weeks. Jurors: 12 & 2 alternates. Jurors will be sequestered during deliberations. None of the other officers will be testifying at Chauvin’s trial.
Jurors seated as of 3/15/21: 1) Juror #2: White man in his 20s. 2) Juror #9: Multi-racial woman in her 20s. 3) Juror #19: White man in his 30s. 4) Juror #20: White man in his late 30s. 5) Juror #27: Black man in his 30s. 6) Juror #36: Hispanic man in his 20s. 7) Juror #44: White woman in her 50s. 8) Juror #52: Black man in his 30s. 9) Juror #55: White woman in her 50s. 6-men/3-women.
Bond conditions & court info & jury selection (3/9 thru 3/10) from 12/19/20 thru 3/11/21 reference post #417 here:
MN - George Floyd, 46, killed in police custody, Minneapolis, 25 May 2020 *officers charged* #3
3/12/21 Friday, Day 4 of Jury Selection: No motions this morning. Juror #42 – Dismissed by Defense, female. Juror #43 – Dismissed back on 3/8. Juror #44 - Selected, female. Juror #45 – Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #46 – Dismissed by Judge, female. Juror #47 – Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #48 – Dismissed by State, male. Juror #49 – Dismissed by Judge, male. Juror #50 – Dismissed on 3/8. Judge & attorneys go into chambers. State has used 5/9 strikes & defense has used 8/15. Jury selection continues on Monday, 3/15/21 at 8am for any motions, jury selection starts at 9am.
3/15/21 Monday, Day 5 of Jury Selection: Motions: Both sides discussing forensic psychiatrist expert testimony. What doctor can talk about in watching Floyd's behavior during the video. Anxiety? Claustrophobia? PTSD? What was going thru Floyd's mind? Judge rules expert can use language to effective explain the behavior was "consistent w/ .." Defense Attorney Eric Nelson tells court he is "gravely concerned" about Minneapolis $27M settlement. Worried about tainting jury pool. Nelson asks Judge Cahill for continuance & a change of venue. Nelson wants to know whose idea it was to release details of record $27M settlement. "Goes straight to heart of pretrial publicity," says Nelson. Also asking to re-question the 7 seated jurors. Prosecutors say there are some things they can control, other things it can't control including civil aspect of the Floyd case, the Minneapolis City council & the news cycle. Judge Cahill says he will NOT add extra jury selection strikes following bombshell announcement of $27M Minneapolis settlement. But says he is taking a trial delay motion "under advisement." Judge said he will call back the seated 7 jurors at some point & question about the publicity of the $27M settlement, but suggested he would do so closer to the date of opening statements. Jury selection continues: Juror #51 - Dismissed for cause by Judge, female. Juror #52 - Selected, black male. Juror #53 - Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #54 – Dismissed by Judge, male. Juror #55 - Selected, female. Juror #56 – Dismissed by Judge, male. Juror #57 - Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #58 - Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #59 – Dismissed by Judge, male. Juror #60 – Dismissed by Defense, male. Juror #61 – Dismissed on 3/8. Juror #62 – Dismissed by Judge, male. State has used 5/9 strikes & defense has used 9/15. Jury selection continues on 3/16/21 with 5 new jurors tomorrow morning & 4 tomorrow afternoon. Motions arguments at 8am & jury selection continues at 9am.
*Charged (7/22/20) with 6 counts of aiding & abetting taxes-false or fraudulent returns-filed with commissioner & 3 counts aiding & abetting taxes-failure to file return, report, document. – Omnibus hearing on 6/30/21.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Chauvin’s defense is again, bringing up the May 2019 arrest of George Floyd where he spit out drugs. They want to be able to use that as evidence. Judge Cahill had decided not to allow it previously.

Assumption is Chauvin’s team is trying to establish modis operandi when Floyd is stopped by police, trying to build the argument that Floyd died because of a drug overdose and not because of Chauvin’s knee on his neck.

Judge Cahill says he will likely deny again today but will hear from prosecutor Frank.

Prosecution says this is really just a smear Floyd’s character and is a desperate move on the defense part.

https://twitter.com/gia_vang/status/1371817825506111490?s=21

 

[JerseyGirl]

Frank argues that if the defense wants to use the incident to show Floyd ingested drugs, that's not needed because they already have toxicology report to show that.

They already have (2nd) search of Floyd's car to show drugs in there as well as search of police car.

Frank argues the probative value is outweighed by prejudicial nature of bringing in the evidence.

Cahill agrees on parts but is still asking about the parts that might be relevant to the defense's cause of death argument.

Cahill will not decide immediately (possibly tomorrow) whether this evidence can be included in the trial.

But perhaps he is signaling what he will do with this:

"This certainly can be limited to what is probative and keep purely-prejudicial things off," Cahill said.

https://twitter.com/louraguse/status/1371794992709124101?s=21

 

[JerseyGirl]

No ruling from Cahill. Judge seems to be leaning towards allowing evidence based on potential cause of death factors. Floyd consumes drugs in '19 arrest, has extreme health reax inc blood pressure spike where paramedics fear stroke, heart attack. He goes to hospital & survives.

Prosecutors absolutely do not want '19 arrest video introduced as evidence, arguing it is an effort to smear #GeorgeFloyd. They point out in prior encounter, police got Floyd to hospital for medical care. In '20, he ended up dead under Derek Chauvin's knee. #DerekChauvinTrial

https://twitter.com/paulblume_fox9/status/1371825738429571072?s=21

 

[turaj]

Being impartial, the Civil suit is separate from the murder trial. MOO is that the 27 million was beyond excessive. There needs to be a reasonable cap on these exorbitant settlements.

If I was a juror it would not create an issue for me.

I think it would not create an issue for you because you understand so much about the law...for example that civil threshold for guilty verdict much lower etc. this "settlement" really makes it look to the average person that DC is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt...just the perception. I agree with defense ...I think the trial will move forward but boy talk about appeal issues.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Juror #63 is now being questioned. If you are watching/listening, you might have heard Judge Cahill say jurors can still use social media as long as they don't post or read about this case.

https://twitter.com/louraguse/status/1371834140576845826?s=21

Potential juror No. 63 in the #DerekChauvinTrial is now being questioned. Says she was "shocked" to get a juror letter for the case.

Describes herself as outgoing & charismatic. She's a teacher, recently graduated.

She says she doesn't know much about the case.

https://twitter.com/wcco/status/1371832928674619392?s=21

Juror #63 on witness stand. A woman, substitute teacher.. she says the only news she's heard recently abt case is "drugs might have been involved."

https://twitter.com/paulblume_fox9/status/1371832396467728385?s=21

 

[Niner]

some more tweets - before I start dinner....

Cathy Russon Retweeted
Deena Winter
@deenafaywinter
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Following up on his motion yesterday to delay or move the trial due to the city’s announcement Friday of a $27 million settlement with George Floyd’s family, Chauvin’s attorney offers as evidence today this Friday Washington Post story:

In the story, an unnamed Minneapolis official says the city was cleared to make the announcement by Hennepin County Chief District Judge Toddrick Barnette. Judge Cahill indicates he spoke to Barnette, and “there was no approval” by the judge.

WHOA. Judge Cahill says: “I think the city is trying to dump their responsibility back on the court, where it does not belong. Nevertheless, it is what is is and we’ll deal with it tomorrow.” Ie: he'll rule on Nelson's motions tomorrow.


Cathy Russon
@cathyrusson
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#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ63 is first up today. Female

#DerekChauvinTrial - PJ 63, substitute teacher currently subbing for a teacher that’s on maternity leave, thinks it might be a problem to get another sub. @LawCrimeNetwork

24m
PJ 63 Describes herself and outgoing, charismatic, teacher, loves working with kids. Recent college grad.

4m
PJ 63 says she's concerned this would be a hardship on her, and a hardship on her students that need consistency. Judge Cahill dismissed her for cause.


link: https://twitter.com/cathyrusson

 

[JerseyGirl]

Judge Cahill excuses potential juror 64, a software developer who's been rebuilding a news app. Man said he can't avoid headlines & knows about $27m civil settlement w/ Floyd family.

https://twitter.com/msepic/status/1371841155961327
https://twitter.com/fox9/status/1371842242852356099?s=21