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Who are the jurors within the federal trial over George Floyd killing?

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Twelve folks started deliberations Wednesday within the federal trial of three former Minneapolis officers who’re charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights in the course of the May 2020 killing of the 46-year-old Black man. All of the eight girls and 4 males on the jury seem like white.

Two alternates remained earlier than deliberations started, together with a person who seems to be of Asian descent. US District Judge Paul Magnuson put them on name in case they’re wanted later. The courtroom shouldn’t be releasing demographic data on the jurors, who will not be being sequestered throughout deliberations.

The jury consists of seven folks from the Minneapolis-St. Paul space, as properly 5 from counties in southern Minnesota.

JUROR 3

A person from Hennepin County, the place Minneapolis is situated. He is a challenge captain at an architectural agency. Married with no children. Has a grasp’s diploma in structure. Member of the American Home Brewers Association who mentioned he likes to drink beer when he isn’t fixing up his home.

JUROR 6

A person who has lived in Hennepin County for 40-some years. He works retail; his spouse works in a grocery retailer. They have 5 children. Has a level in educating French and training. Active in Minnesota Indonesia Society.

JUROR 11

A person who lives in southeastern Minnesota’s Olmsted County. A pc programmer. His spouse does medical analysis. Three kids, one nonetheless in faculty. He has a bachelor’s diploma. Involved in his Methodist church. He spends his free time exercising and studying.

JUROR 14

A girl who lives in Ramsey County, the place St. Paul is situated. A public affairs director for a neighborhood authorities. Her husband is retired. She has kids. One daughter is 11 and is a sixth-grader. Active in state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. Graduated from University of Minnesota.

JUROR 16

A girl from Blue Earth County in southern Minnesota. She is retired and beforehand labored as an accountant for a feed manufacturing firm. Her husband is retired from a municipal utility. She has two grown sons, one in gross sales and one a challenge supervisor for a homebuilder. She has a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration. Involved with the University of Minnesota grasp gardener program.

JUROR 30

A girl from Washington County. Does logistics for a big native cooperative; her husband does the identical factor for a similar firm. She has three children starting from 2 to 10 years outdated. She has a bachelor’s diploma and a enterprise minor. Likes to go as much as northern Minnesota to spend time on a lake and tenting with household.

JUROR 41

A person from Ramsey County. Works as a challenge supervisor in state authorities. His spouse is a college researcher. He has a bachelor’s diploma in geology. He likes to spend free time “messing around with cars and motorcycles, reading, cooking with my wife and playing tennis when the weather allows.”

JUROR 43

A girl from Anoka County within the northern Minneapolis-St. Paul space. She is a buyer relations supervisor. Married 24 years to husband who’s truck driver; three grownup kids. Has some faculty training; likes to journey and check out new locations.

JUROR 46

A girl from Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota. She home-schools her kids. Her husband is a pc community administrator and owns his personal enterprise. They have 5 children starting from 12 to twenty. Active in church and the YMCA swim workforce, which her women swim on. She likes to learn and he or she teaches in a home-school co-op.

JUROR 60

A girl from Scott County, close to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro space. She does product growth. Her husband is retired. Her kids are ages 21 and 18. She has a grasp’s diploma and spends her free time being lively, strolling canine, shoveling snow and listening to podcasts.

JUROR 69

A girl from southeastern Minnesota’s Olmsted County. She is a meals service employee at a hospital and her boyfriend is in the identical job. She has a highschool diploma. In her free time she likes to get meals along with her boyfriend.

JUROR 70

A girl from Nicollet County in southern Minnesota. She is retired. Previously was a chef at a hospital in Indiana. Her partner died in 2020. She has two kids of their 40s. She is on the board for Real Life of St. Peter Cooperative Housing. She is also concerned in her church and crochets.