well, it s an interesting strategy. it s probably the only strategy available to these defendants on these facts, and this is, alex, why cases go to trial, when cases aren t close, usually they result in guilty pleas on the terms that are the most potentially favorable to defendants. but here, the stories told by both sides are in sharp contrast. the prosecution has a lot of its evidence on video, and they re already, in opening statement, beginning to play that evidence for the jury, ultimately the jury will have to resolve these two very different versions of what happened that day. yeah, for sure. what about the growing controversy around the jury in this case made up of 11 white jurors, 1 black juror. take a listen to what the presiding judge had to say about the discrepancy. this court has found that there appears to be intentional discrimination in the panel. quite a few african-american