WILL CONTINUE TO PASS, WE ARE
JUST DEALING WITH SOME WET ROAD
RACE. THE
>>> THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE FORMER POLICE OFFICER
CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
THE SUPREME COURT RULING TODAY
MEANS IT IS LIKELY THAT THE
JUDGE WILL HAVE TO ALLOW
ANOTHER MURDER CHARGE AGAINST
DEREK CHAUVIN.
>> HE FACES SECOND DEGREE
MURDER AND MANSLAUGHTER.
THE JUDGE COULD ALLOW THIRD
DEGREE MURDER TO BE ADDED TO
THE CHARGES.
THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS THE
DECISION WILL HELP PROSECUTORS.
>> WITH THIRD-DEGREE MURDER,
ALL IS REQUIRED IS THAT YOU DO
MIND.
YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD
FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS.
SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO JUMP
THROUGH A NUMBER OF STEPS,
THIRD-DEGREE MURDER IS SIMPLER.
>>> AND THINGS ARE MOVING VERY
QUICKLY WITH THE COURT
PROCEEDINGS.
DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE NEW CHARGES,
WILL THAT DELAY THINGS?
>> Reporter: ACTUALLY WE WILL
FIND OUT EXACTLY AT 8:00
TOMORROW MORNING, THAT'S WHEN
THE JUDGE SAID HE WILL TALK
ABOUT THIS RULING.
BUT THE PEOPLE I HAVE BEEN
TALKING TO SAY THEY THINK IT
WILL BE JUST THE OPPOSITE.
THIS WILL BE BRINGING THE TRIAL
TO A FAST TRACK, BECAUSE THE
CONCERN ABOUT THE DELAY WAS
WAITING FOR THE SUPREME COURT
TO RULE.
MEANWHILE, TWO MORE JURORS WERE
SELECTED IN THIS CASE, MEANING
A TOTAL OF FIVE HAVE BEEN
IMPANELED.
DEREK CHAUVIN AT TIMES HUDDLED
WITH HIS ATTORNEY AS THE JURY
SELECTION PROCESS CONTINUED.
MOST OF THE TIME HE SAT LOOKING
INTENTLY AT THE PROSPECTIVE
JURORS OR TOOK NOTES.
ALL OF THE PROSPECTIVE JURORS
HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO WITH THE
FATAL ENCOUNTER IN ALMOST ALL,
LIKE A WHITE MALE EFFECTIVE
CHAUVIN.
>> THAT IS A VERY NEGATIVE
IMPRESSION.
AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
THAT WOULD PREVENT ME FROM
LOOKING AT THE FACTS BEHIND THE
CASE.
>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE
ATTORNEY SEEMS SKEPTICAL.
>> SIR, I DON'T MEAN TO
CHALLENGE YOU.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU ARE NOT
THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD
THAT MAY HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPRESSION OF MY CLIENT.
AND THAT IS OKAY.
BUT YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO
HEART AND YOUR MIND.
>> Reporter: THE DEFENSE ENDED
UP STRIKING THIS PARTICULAR
JUROR, THE FOURTH JUROR CHOSEN
TO BE ON THE PANEL IS A WHITE
MAN IN HIS LATE 30s, AT DATA
SALES MANAGER SCHEDULED TO
MARRY HIS FIANCEE MAY 1st.
HE BELIEVES THERE IS SYSTEMIC
RACISM IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
AND HAS A HIGHLY FAVORABLE VIEW
OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.
>> YES, THEY DO MATTER AND I
DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD BE
AGAINST THAT.
>> Reporter: THE FIFTH JURORS
SEATED WAS A BLACK MAN IN HIS
30s OR 40s THAT WAS AN I.T.
SECURITY MANAGER THAT SPEAKS
MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND CAME TO
THE U.S. 14 YEARS AGO.
RIGHT NOW THE MAKEUP OF THE
JURY IS THIS, WE'VE GOT FIVE
JURORS THAT HAVE BEEN
IMPANELED, THREE WHITE MEN IN
THEIR 30s, A BLACK MALE IN HIS
30s AND A BIRACIAL WOMAN, WE
BELIEVE SHE IS BIRACIAL, IN HER
20s OR 30s FROM NORTHERN
MINNESOTA ORIGINALLY.
SOURCES ALSO SAY THEY ARE
SURPRISED WITH HOW RELATIVELY
QUICKLY THIS JURY SELECTION
PROCESS IS GOING.
THERE WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS
THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE FIVE
JURORS BY THIS POINT.
>> IT IS SURPRISING, THEY GAVE
THEM THREE WEEKS TO CHOOSE
JURORS, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES
TOMORROW.
WE WILL RULE HERE ON THE BIG
SUPREME COURT RULING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND CBSN MINNESOTA IS YOUR
SOURCE FOR LIVE UPDATES DURING
THE JURY SELECTION.