Despite objections from the prosecution team, who want to delay the trial of Derek Chauvin until a higher court resolves how many criminal charges Chauvin should face, Judge Peter Cahill of the Hennepin County district court directed that jurors should be examined and empaneled today. The first two were seated: (1). The first seated juror, who appeared to be white, described himself as a chemist working in an environmental testing laboratory who said he "somewhat disagreed" with the assertion that Minneapolis police generally use disproportionate force against Black people. He said he supported the Black Lives Matter movement, saying he understood it to mean that "all lives matter equally." Judge Cahill told him soon after that he would be the first juror to be seated. (2). The second seated juror, a woman who said she was "super excited" to receive the jury summons and considered it her civic duty to serve, was told by the judge she would be on the jury. "Awesome!" she replied. The defense have up to 15 peremptory challenges by which they can exclude a juror without having to cite a reason, while the prosecutors have nine. The judge has set aside three weeks for jury selection alone, mindful of the difficulties finding impartial Minneapolitans in a case that has convulsed the nation.