Derek Chauvin Stabbed 22 Times In Arizona Prison, Inmate Charged

George Floyd murder, ex-cop Derek Chauvin was attacked in prison

Recent allegations indicate that Derek Chauvin suffered 22 stab wounds during an incident at a federal prison

Derek Chauvin was attacked last week by a prisoner in federal custody who used a improvised knife

According to freshly filed criminal charges, the prisoner who used an improvised knife to attack former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin 22 times last week. Also, he told the prison officials that if they hadn't acted swiftly, he would have killed Chauvin.

Turscak was an FBI informant in the past.

John Turscak, 52, is the identified as the alleged culprit by the U.S. Attorney's Office. He is currently being prosecuted for attempted murder, assault with the intent to kill, assault using a deadly weapon, and assault causing serious physical harm.

Chauvin was stabbed severely one week ago at a federal prison; according to the charging paperwork, the incident took place in the Federal Correctional Institution's law library in Tucson, Arizona. That's where Chauvin is currently serving his 22-year term. George Floyd was killed by the former police officer in May 2020 during an arrest, and the officer was found guilty.

Chauvin was reportedly hospitalized after the incident earlier this week, while it was stated that his health was stable.

Turscak admitted to detectives that he attacked Chauvin on Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, in an attempt to make a symbolic connection between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Mexican Mafia gang's "Black Hand" symbol, according to prosecutors. Due to crimes he committed while a part of the Mexican Mafia gang, Turscak is currently serving a 30-year term.

Turscak informed FBI agents that, while contemplating about attacking Chauvin for a month since the prisoner is well-known, he had no desire to kill Chauvin, in contrary to what the prisons guards had claimed.

Turscak, who has represented himself in other court cases from prison, did not have an attorney listed in court documents, and he was still being held on Friday.

Greg Erickson, Chauvin's lawyer, expressed dissatisfaction over the weekend, claiming that his client's family was “extremely disappointed they allowed this to happen” and that it was “not shocking” that Chauvin would be the target of a stabbing. Erickson restated that more ought to have been done by the prison to stop it from happening.

It didn't matter what prison Chauvin was sent to, according to his lawyer Greg Erickson, who claims that this was his greatest concern for his client.

“The fact that it happened, and he got stabbed 22 times supposedly under their protection is evidence that they weren't taking the obligation to protect him serious,” Erickson said.

According to Erickson, he is currently learning about further allegations through the news.

“We are hearing second and third hand from news agencies,” Erickson said. “It's incredibly frustrating.”

Meanwhile, Turscak's troubled past was uncovered in documents revealed.

He killed someone at Folsom State Prison in 1990. He took a number of actions to approve the killing of another individual eight years later.

Also according to documents, he collected taxes from drug dealers and street gangs in exchange for mafia protection while he was a member of the Mexican Mafia.

A year subsequently, he served as an FBI undercover informant targeting the same group. But when he continued to sell drugs and provide the go-ahead for assaults, the FBI fired him.

Turscak has been imprisoned for thirty (30) years.

In the event that significant adjustments are not made, Chauvin's legal team claims they are trying to get him released from that facility.

If Chauvin is transferred to another federal prison, such information is unknown. In order for Chauvin to be nearer to his family, his defense lawyer requested that he be sent to a federal prison in or around Minnesota for both his federal and state criminal procedures. In the wake of the stabbing, visits to the Tuscon prison are currently prohibited.

The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Arizona in Tucson is in charge of the prosecution, while the FBI lead the investigation into the stabbing.

Chauvin is reportedly the second well-known federal prisoner to be stabbed in recent months, following the July stabbing of Larry Nassar in a Florida federal prison. Nassar was found guilty of assaulting women's national gymnastics team members.