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Diasabra 22 Januari 2022
Jury in federal trial in
Floyd killing appears
mostly white
“Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada “Bou di alanan di Dios mi ta sigur” Abo ku ta
Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega. biba bou di amparo di Altisimo, ta hospedá den (AP) — A jury of 18 people who appeared
E ta hibami na awa trankil, sombra di Dios Omnipotente, bisa Señor: mostly white was picked Thursday for the
Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”. “Mi refugio, mi forti, mi Dios, den kende mi federal trial of three Minneapolis police of-
Salmo: 23 ta pone mi konfiansa” ficers charged in George Floyd’s killing, a
Salmo 91:1-2 case that the judge told potential jurors has
Cu dolor na nos corason, nos ta participa “absolutely nothing” to do with race.
fayecimento di nos ser stima: Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa
fayecimento di: The jurors chosen to hear the case against former
Officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Kueng
appeared to include one person of Asian descent
among the 12 jurors who would deliberate if no
alternates are needed, and a second person of
Asian descent among the six alternates, with all
others appearing white. The court declined to
provide demographic information.
Thao, who is Hmong American; Lane, who
is white; and Kueng, who is Black, are broadly
charged with depriving Floyd of his civil rights
while acting under government authority as Der-
ek Chauvin, who is white, used his knee to pin
the Black man to the street. The videotaped kill-
ing triggered worldwide protests, violence and a
Mr. Eithel Delle reexamination of racism and policing. Opening
Aruba*29-04-1967 - Hulanda†16-01-2022 statements are scheduled for Monday.
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues The single day of jury selection was remarkably
Sra. Marta H. Irausquin-Maduro rapid compared with Chauvin’s trial on state
Mihor conoci como “Ilda” charges, where the process took more than two
*21-07-1940 - †20-01-2022 weeks. The apparent jury makeup would also
sharply contrast with Chauvin’s jury, which was
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues half white and half nonwhite.
Responding to a potential juror who said he
wasn’t sure he could be impartial “due to my col-
or,” U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sought
to reassure him and other jurors in the pool.
Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita The man, an immigrant who appeared to be
Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na caminda ta Black, was later dismissed.
bunita
Laga tur locual cu mi laga atras keda bunita y Two legal experts said Magnuson’s remark was
Laga esakinan termina den tur buniteza. accurate from a legal perspective. They noted the
Cado Wever. officers aren’t accused of targeting Floyd because
Ki alegria, ora nan a bisa mi: he was Black, but rather of depriving him of his
“Ban cas di Señor!” Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa constitutional rights.
I awor, ata mi aki para na bo porta Señor. fayecimento di:
Salmo 122 Mike Brandt, a local defense attorney not con-
nected with the case, said Floyd’s killing “was
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa kind of the tipping point of unarmed Black men
fayecimento di: being killed at the hands of police. It had every-
thing to do with race.”
The jury pool was selected from throughout the
state — much more conservative and less diverse
than the Minneapolis area from which the jury
for Chauvin’s state trial was drawn. That jury
convicted Chauvin of murder and manslaugh-
ter. He later pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights
charge.
Three of the jurors who will deliberate at the fed-
eral trial and one of the alternates are from Hen-
nepin County, where Minneapolis is located.
Mr. Ronald I. Winklaar Teresita Croes Scholars and legal experts have increasingly advo-
Mihor conoci como”Ronny” Mihor conoci como “Tantan of Sita” cated for greater jury diversity, not just in race but
*09-07-1943 - †20-01-2022 *03-10-1948 - †20-01-2022 also by gender and socioeconomic background.
They say jurors who share the same background
Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues are unlikely to have their biases and preconcep-
tions questioned during deliberations.
