USA: Police officer convicted of George Floyd’s death was stabbed 22 times in prison

Derek Chauvinthe police officer convicted of the murder of the African-American George Floydwas stabbed 22 times in prison, court documents reported this Friday.

The attack was carried out on November 24 in the library of the federal prison in Tucson, Arizona, where Chauvin is serving more than two decades of his sentence for the death of Floyd, on whose neck he knelt for nine minutes in Minneapolis in 2020.

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John Turscak, who must now answer for attempted murder among other charges, attacked Chauvin with a “improvised knife, approximately 22 times, causing serious bodily injury”according to the criminal complaint filed this Friday.

Although the document refers to the victim by his initials for legal reasons, an official source confirmed to AFP that it is Chauvin.

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“Turscak told prison officers that he would have killed DC if they had not reacted quickly. “He said that he had thought about attacking DC for about a month, because he was a high-profile inmate.”add the prosecutors in the case.

The attack occurred on “black Friday” [Black Friday]traditional auction day in USA after the Thanksgiving celebration. Turscak said the attack on DC on Black Friday was symbolic of the Black Lives Matter movement. [Black Lives Matter]”they detailed.

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Derek Chauvin received immediate attention and was transported to a local hospital. Although he survived the attack, there is no additional information about his condition.

The police officer was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in 2021, and sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison.

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Floyd’s death, which was captured on video, also helped fuel an important discussion about racism and policing in the United States and around the world.

A subsequent Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police, whose findings were published in June 2023, stated that its officers routinely resorted to violent and racist practices, “including unjustified deadly force”.

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Minneapolis, in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, also settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Floyd family and agreed to pay $27 million.

Derek Chauvin He appealed his second-degree murder conviction, but his appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court earlier this month.