MinnesotaJudgePeterCahillwentaheadwiththejuryselection, whichwasdelayedMondayafterstateprosecutorsarguedtotheMinnesotaCourtofAppealsthatthehighstakestrialshouldnotbegininto a highercourt, resolvedhowmanycriminalchargessharpenshouldface.
Thesmallgroupofpotentialjurorshavebeenpromisedanonymityforthedurationofthetrial, a trialwhichisinvolvedbarricadingpartsofdowntownMinneapolisforfearofcivilunrest.
Yeah, Hundredsofantiracismdemonstratorschantedinthestreetsaround a barricadedcourthouseonMonday, blockingtrafficas a smallnumberofsoldierscalledinfromtheMinnesotaNationalGuardwatchedfrom a distance.