7.1 HuGeo Q3 Chauvin trial week #1

7.1 HuGeo Q3 Chauvin trial week #1

Seating the jury, finalizing the charges. and the settlement

Multiple Select

3 jurors chosen Tuesday, March 9

• #1 is White man who works as a chemist.

• #2 is a White man who works as an auditor.

• # is a White teacher from Saint Paul, who can't serve because she doesn't live in Hennepin County.

• # 3 is a woman who appears to be of color (which means she doesn't "look White").

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3 jurors "seated" Wednesday and Thursday.

• #4 is a White man in his late 30s or 40s. He described himself as a devoted father who is into sports and music.

• #5 is a Black man in his 30s or 40s, he said he came to the U.S. 14 years ago.

• # is an Asian woman from Saint Paul who works as a teacher in SPPS. She doesn't live in Hennepin country, so can't serve.

• #6 is a Hispanic and in his late 20s to mid 30s.

Multiple Select

Friday's juror selection

• The only juror seated Friday is a white woman in her 50s who works in health care. She has two teenage sons.

• Ms. Sevald is white, in her 60s, and works in education. She has two children. She was NOT seated on jury because she is ineligible.

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Chauvin jury: race

A seventh and lone juror was seated Friday, joining a jury that consists of one multiracial woman in her 20s, one Black man in his 30s who immigrated to the United States, one Hispanic man in his 20s, one white woman in her 50s, a white man in his 20s and two white men in their 30s.

• So far, 7 people have been seated on the Chauvin jury.

• They are all people of color.

• They are all White.

• 4 are white, one is Black, one is Hispanic, and one is multiracial (mixed).

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Chauvin jury: sex

A seventh and lone juror was seated Friday, joining a jury that consists of one multiracial woman in her 20s, one Black man in his 30s who immigrated to the United States, one Hispanic man in his 20s, one white woman in her 50s, a white man in his 20s and two white men in their 30s.

• There are 4 men and 3 women.

• There are 7 men and 2 women.

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Chauvin jury: socio-economic levels

the 7th juror selected on Friday works in healthcare management

The news organizations (TV, social media, newspapers) do not mention the job of only one of the jurors: the mixed race woman from Northern Minnesota. Click on the others' jobs.

• works as a chemist

• works as an auditor

• works in information technology

• works as a truck driver

• works in sales

Poll

Jury selection is very, very important in getting fair trials for people in court.

Which do you think is more important to get fair trials?

• a juror's race

  ( (Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Native, Multi-racial)

• a juror's sex

  gender as identified as male or female

• a juror's socio-economic level

  -people who have high-paying jobs

  -or people who have low-paying jobs or no job

Multiple Select

The charges:

Derek Chauvin is now charted with 3 levels of crime in killing George Floyd. The jury will decide which level after the trial. What are the crimes?

• 2nd degree murder

• 2nd degree manslaughter

• 3rd degree murder

Multiple Choice

Jury selection in Derek Chauvin trial moving faster than expected.

What does he say is the big story they are following?

• the death of George Floyd

• the settlement

Multiple Select

Why did the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approve paying $27 million dollars to George Floyd's family?

• Largest pre-trial civil rights settlement in a wrongful death case in America

• "It's not enough for America to say that Black lives matter. We have to show that Black lives matter."

• Floyd's family only thanked people in Minneapolis for their support.

Multiple Select

When police take "wrongful" actions (misconduct), people can fight back in the civil court system. (Not the criminal court system.)

• Families actually want their loved ones back. And they don't want to continue being hurt by police officers.

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Shooting of Philando Castile July 6, 2016

Lovely St. Paul Public Schools colleague was pulled over up by the State Fair. The police officer shot him.

• The whole thing took 74 seconds (1 minute, 14 seconds)

• The police officer was taken to court on 2nd degree manslaughter charges.

• The jury said the police officer was NOT GUILTY

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The family sued the police department AFTER the jury said the police officer was not guilty in killing Philando Castile.

• another example of a police shooting of a black person leading to a legal settlement but no criminal conviction of the officer involved

• If police are not convicted in killing black people, the families feel there is no justice.

• The families sue to prove that Black lives matter.

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Pre-trial?

The timing of the settlement: what is fair?

• Minneapolis' $27 million dollars settlement to George Floyd's family happened BEFORE THE TRIAL of Derek Chauvin

• Many people say, if Minneapolis paid the family that much money, then Chauvin must be guilty

• Lawyers are saying the trial MUST stop because there is no way Chauvin can get a fair trial now.

• It doesn't matter if the settlement is before of after the trial.

Monday morning, March 15

Derek Chauvin's lawyers want a "time out" in the trial.

Poll

Can Derek Chauvin get a fair trial if the jurors know that Minneapolis paid George Floyd's family $27 million dollars in a "wrongful death" civil suit.

• Yes, Derek Chauvin can get a fair trial. Tell jurors not to pay attention to that civil suit payment.

• No, Derek Chauvin can not get a fair trial. Minneapolis said Chauvin is guilty when they awarded the family that money.