A Jury of His Peers: A Naïve White Girl At the Trial of a Black Man

River Irons
9 min readApr 9, 2021
Above: “Moot Courtroom” by College of William & Mary Law Library is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

When I heard that the jury for the trial of George Floyd’s accused murderer was being re-examined to see if they might be tainted by knowledge of the $27M settlement paid from the City of Minneapolis to the victim’s family, I thought back to the last time I appeared for jury duty. It was about 10 years ago.

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River Irons

I grew up in a cult. I escaped. I still search for freedom from oppressive constructs. Digital Artist, Storyteller.