Interview with a juror in the Chauvin trial. She didn’t know she was an alternate until the jury was sequestered for deliberations.
Christensen: It did not impact me as far as the trial went. However, only being about six blocks from the police department, I could hear everything. When I came home, I could hear the helicopters flying over my house… I could hear the flash bangs going off. If I stepped outside, I could see the smoke from the grenades. One day, the trial ran a little late, and I had trouble getting to my house, because the protesters were blocking the interstate, so I had to go way around. I was aware, but it did not affect me at all.
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I did not want to go through rioting and destruction again and I was concerned about people coming to my house if they were not happy with the verdict.
How many primary jurors went through similar experiences? Was it in the back of their minds while considering guilt or acquittal?
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