let's now bring in ivan bates he is a former prosecutor and is currently a criminal defense attorney he joins us now from baltimore mr bates given the amount of publicity that this case has received and all the events of last year is it possible to have a completely objective jury 1st of all i want to say i think. well yes i think it's very. i do think that it has had a lot of. for the defense point of view they're going to say the most damaging evidence there were others are so you don't have that shot. that's now as are so it's made their case oh absolutely could probably you're with. well i'm curious about that they have been a number of court filings over the last few months do we have a sense of the sorts of arguments that the defense is likely to mount here. yes we do in this case this case really revolves around what the medical examiner excess and here the medical examiner it really does dr baker and dr baker made a ruling that because of that need at the back of the neck by the police officer should bar that that was the constant yeah and he will get a homicide however the m

ok ivan bates is joining us live on skype from baltimore maryland he's a criminal defense attorney and a former baltimore maryland prosecutor it's good to have you with us and al jazeera thank you very much indeed given the fact that there has been so much publicity about this case is there a way of constructing the trial to make it as the people to be as confident as possible that it is going to be done fairly or as i want to say thank you for having me and yes there is a way when you're looking for jurors you're looking for a big shows that will listen. and based on the evidence that they will deliver a heard of guilty or not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt they can only focus on the evidence that's presented to them and they must bring their life experiences into the court however they have to follow the law but that is going to be very difficult isn't it because as john hendren was just telling is there of course that the clip of the arrest of george floyd went viral they must be very difficult to find people to sit in that jury who have not seen that clip and have not seen the su

anchor: let's bring in ivan bates via skype from baltimore. welcome. this is huge. far does it go easing the burden of george floyd's death? ivan: thank you for having me. it goes part of the way. you have the criminal part, and the civil part. the civil part is taken care of. $27 million will make sure his children are taken care of, but as his brother said, it does not bring him back. the next part, jury selection and the criminal trial. anchor: as far as the civil case , to what degree will this settlement effectuate change, do you think? ivan: if you are the city of minneapolis, no more riots or other things. what will the family say? you will say, hey, maybe this made the community understand the city wants to do the right thing by acknowledging the police department has systemic issues, that we are in charge of the police department in the city has taken responsibility. you see change. when he $7 million is a lot of money. it may be the largest settlement -- $27 million is a lot of money. it may be the largest settlement. anchor: it is. is it going to the famil

ivan bates is a former prosecutor and is currently a colonel defense attorney says. most likely to argue their case based on the evidence from the medical examiner. i do think it's very possible to receive a fair trial what you think you know to have had a lot of media tinge for the defense point of view they're going to say the most damaging evidence the world has are you see so you don't have that shot crap their defense now has are so empty to lay their case i'm so he could probably you're with they say this case really revolves around what the medical examiner says and here the medical examiner it really does dr baker dr baker made a ruling that because of that me in the back of the neck by the police officers are that that was the constant yeah and he will that are homicide however the medical examiner actually gave the fence things they can argue with the medical examiner said mitchell or that there were other contributing factors such as. mr floyd that hard to see if it's found that may well laden's body armor had recently used methamphetamines actually looked

and a more just approach to community safety in our city and we will be all right let's bring in ivan bates he's a former prosecutor and currently a criminal defense attorney joins us via skype from baltimore welcome to the program so this is a huge civil rights and who does know how far does it go in easing the burden of george ford's death. you mean. it goes. you know the. criminal part of the part of the civil or should've been taken care of $17000000.00 to make sure that children it almost. doesn't bring them back so now the next our. problems far are. so as far as the civil case is concerned to what degree will with settlement effectuate change do you think. well it's number of things one if you're the city of minneapolis you want to ensure that hopefully that there are no more rides no more ingress let's say that your it says 'd that it's not guilty what will the family say some bad hand you're going to say hey you know what maybe this is a 'd that it can be with you understand that the city wants to do the right thing that the city is acknowledging that the police department has the

that set off riots in the streets and protests across the united states well let's hear now from ivan bates who's a defense attorney and former prosecutor he explains the next steps in the floyd criminal case. there are 2 parts right now you know the criminal part of the part of the civil or shouldn't been taking care of $1000000.00 and make sure that his children and they can care but as as his brother said it doesn't bring them that. now the next part is a serious a lesson and then surely the criminal trial office and if you're a city of minneapolis you want to ensure that hopefully that there are no more rides no more and ross let's say the jury says 'd that it's not guilty what will the family say so that hand you're going to say hey you know what maybe this is a 'd big community understand that this city wants to do the right thing that the city is acknowledging that the police department has to stand because the city is understanding that we are in charge of these department the city youth taking responsibility so you do see some change 27 $1000000000.00 is a large amount of money if