Five jurors have been seated for the trial of Derek Chauvin. Three are white men, one is a black man and one is a woman of color. The first juror up for consideration today is planning to get married in Florida on May 1st. Opening arguments for the trial are set to begin on March 29th and the judge says the trial should last for a month. Asked about any conflicts, the juror told the judge “I would probably operate under the fact that if I’m on this jury, I would not be able to get married on that date, again, that’s me answering, not my fiancé.” Judge Peter Cahill said he would do his best to get the juror to his wedding. The fifth juror seated was asked by defense attorney Eric Nelson about indicating on his pre-trial questionnaire that he had a “somewhat negative” impression of Chauvin based on what the juror had seen in video clips of George Floyd’s death. The man responded, “I wasn’t there, the part of the video that I saw was somewhat negative because of what transpired on the video…so that’s all I have, I don’t know any other fact.” But the juror, an African immigrant who came to the U-S over a decade ago, assured Nelson he would be impartial and base his decisions on the evidence presented at the trial. Prosecutors have been asking potential jurors their opinions on illegal drug use, defunding the police and whether they would weigh the testimony of a police officer equally with that of a bystander. Defense attorneys have been asking jurors about how often they’ve seen video of George Floyd’s death, about experience solving conflicts between two opposing parties and whether or not in the past they have thought they were 100% right about something, but turned out to be 100% wrong–and how did they handle it. In total, 12 jurors and two alternates will be selected.