What you need to know about the Noor trial

Mohamed Noor arrives for the first day of trial.
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, center, is accompanied by his attorneys Peter Wold, left, and Thomas Plunkett, right, as he arrives for the first day of his trial for the killing of Justine Ruszczyk inside of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday, April 1, 2019.
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Mohamed Noor is facing charges of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. On a summer evening in 2017, then-officer Noor shot and killed Justine Ruszczyk, also known as Justine Damond.

The jury has been selected. Testimony has begun, and emotions are high.

Host Angela Davis discussed the trial with MPR News editor Laura Yuen and senior reporter Jon Collins. They recapped the trial's first week.

To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above.

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