(Reuters) - Attorneys for the prosecution and defense made their opening statements https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-race-georgefloyd/prosecutor-tells-jury-that-ex-minneapolis-officer-betrayed-badge-in-fatal-arrest-of-george-floyd-idUSKBN2BL0FW on Monday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of murder in the death of George Floyd during a widely viewed arrest last May.
Here are some quotes from prosecutor Jerry Blackwell of the Minnesota attorney general's office and from Eric Nelson, Chauvin's lead defense attorney, as they laid out their cases to jurors in a Minneapolis courtroom.
