Derek Chauvin, Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd, Stabbed
Former US police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of killing George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed while incarcerated
According to reports from the Associated Press (AP) News agency, Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of killing George Floyd, was stabbed by a fellow prisoner at a federal prison in Arizona, leaving him gravely injured.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security jail beset by staffing shortages and security failures, is the reported site of the attack, which occurred on Friday.
The Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security jail beset by staffing shortages and security failures, is the reported site of the attack, which occurred on Friday.
Citing an unnamed source, the AP stated that the individual was under no authority to publicly discuss the specifics of the attack and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Two people with knowledge of the issue are cited by the New York Times, which is also reporting on the incident.
According to AP, the Bureau of Prisons verified that an inmate had been beaten at FCI Tucson on Friday at approximately 12:30 p.m. local time. In a statement, the agency stated that the responding staff contained the situation and carried out “life-saving measures” prior to transferring the unnamed prisoner to a hospital for additional care and assessment.
The FBI was informed and no staff members were hurt, according to the Bureau of Prisons. There is no longer any visiting at the facility, which houses roughly 380 prisoners. We left messages for the FBI and Chauvin's attorneys for a response.
Recall that in August 2022, Chauvin, then 47, was transferred from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison to FCI Tucson in order to serve a concurrent 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22 1/2 - year state sentence for second-degree murder.
Knowing that Chauvin would be a target, his attorney, Eric Nelson, had argued for separating him from the public and from other prisoners. Nelson stated in court filings from the previous year that Chauvin was primarily detained in solitary confinement in Minnesota “primarily for his own protection.”
The US Supreme Court denied Chauvin's appeal of his murder conviction last week. Separately, Chauvin is attempting to reverse his guilty plea to the federal government, arguing that fresh evidence disproves his involvement in Floyd's killing.
On May 25, 2020, Floyd—a black man—went into diaphoresis after Chauvin, a white man, pushed a knee to his neck for nine percent of a minute as they were standing outside a convenience shop, where Floyd was allegedly attempting to pass a fake $20 money. The last gasps of Floyd's “I can't breathe” were caught on camera bystanders.
His death provoked a national conversation about racism and police violence, and it also sparked protests around the world, some of which turned deadly. Due to their involvement in Floyd's demise, three other former cops who were present at the scene were given lighter state and federal terms.
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