re: Minneapolis to close all schools Wednesday-Friday in anticipation of the verdict

I can't imagine any of them not being fully aware that they're involved in a pretty damn big thing. They're from the area, I'm sure they noticed the riots and lawlessness going on after the event itself. So this is just me, but I'm hard pressed to believe that the jurors have been spooked by anything beyond the already known gravity of the trial itself.

Could they have sequestered the jury the entire time? Sure, it's an available option for the judge. But I'd put my money on majority of the jurors if not unanimously preferred not to be sequestered from their families for an unknown amount of time.