Jury selection begins in US federal trial over killing of George Floyd

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office/AP)

Jury selection began on Thursday in the federal trial of three police officers charged over the killing of George Floyd, with the judge stressing repeatedly that fellow officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction on state murder charges should not influence the proceedings.

Minneapolis officers J. Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are broadly charged with depriving Mr Floyd of his civil rights while acting under government authority.