Murder case against ex-police officer over George Floyd death goes to jury

In this image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens as his defense attorney Eric Nelson gives closing arguments as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill preside Monday, April 19, 2021, in the trial of Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

The murder case against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin over the death of George Floyd has gone to the jury.

Twelve jurors — six of them white, and six black or multiracial — are beginning deliberations in a city on edge against another round of unrest.