The judge presiding over the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on April 12 rejected a motion from the defense to sequester the jury. Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, asked Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill to order jurors be isolated because of violence that erupted on April 11 after a black man died was shot by a police officer during a traffic stop and died in Brooklyn Center, a suburb of Minneapolis. “This is obviously a high-profile case. This is a case that evokes a lot of emotion for a lot of people. Ultimately, your honor, the question becomes, will the jury be confident to make a decision regardless of the potential outcome of their decision?” Nelson said. “The emotional response that that case creates sets the stage for the jury to say, ‘I’m not going to vote not guilty because I’m concerned about the outcome.'” “This incident last night, …