Associated Press
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Arizona, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
The attack happened at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, a medium-security prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages. The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.
The Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incarcerated person was assaulted at FCI Tucson at around 12:30 p.m. local time Friday. In a statement, the agency said responding employees contained the incident and performed “life-saving measures” before the inmate, who it did not name, was taken to a hospital for further treatment and evaluation.
No employees were injured and the FBI was notified, the Bureau of Prisons said. Visiting at the facility, which has about 380 inmates, has been suspended.
Messages seeking comment were left with Chauvin’s lawyers and the FBI.
Chauvin’s stabbing is the second high-profile attack on a federal prisoner in the last five months. In July, disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar was stabbed by a fellow inmate at a federal penitentiary in Florida.
It is also the second major incident at the Tucson federal prison in a little over a year. In November 2022, an inmate at the facility’s low-security prison camp pulled out a gun and attempted to shoot a visitor in the head. The weapon, which the inmate shouldn’t have had, misfired and no one was hurt.
Chauvin, 47, was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to simultaneously serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights and a 22½-year state sentence for second-degree murder.
Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, had advocated for keeping him out of general population and away from other inmates, anticipating he’d be a target. In Minnesota, Chauvin was mainly kept in solitary confinement “largely for his own protection,” Nelson wrote in court papers last year.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Chauvin’s appeal of his murder conviction. Separately, Chauvin is making a longshot bid to overturn his federal guilty plea, claiming new evidence shows he didn’t cause Floyd’s death.
Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pressed a knee on his neck for 9½ minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd was suspected of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.
Bystander video captured Floyd’s fading cries of “I can’t breathe.” His death touched off protests worldwide, some of which turned violent, and forced a national reckoning with police brutality and racism.
12 comments
My Take
November 25, 2023 at 8:12 pm
The weapon, which the inmate shouldn’t have had
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! ! ! Olympic-class understatement.
My Take
November 25, 2023 at 10:11 pm
They shouldn’t put ex-cops or judges or prosecutors in general population. Too much risk.
Earl Pitts "Racial Rioting Political Expert Emeritus" American
November 26, 2023 at 9:00 am
Good Morn ‘ting America,
LONG STORY SHORT:
Nothing to see here people …. just mindlessly shuffle along …. just a very desperate attempt by the DNC to re-ignite the race wars just prior to election time.
So relax your sphincter’s America our DNC 💩 4 🧠’s ledty’s and the Antifa agitators have been there – done that.
It’s like you sitting your fat @ss down and watching that episode of “Friends” you have already watched 37 times. Not gonna be much motivation to get the inner – city Black’s out to riot and burn over this …. heck most of them are voting Republican this time.
Thank you America,
Earl Pitts “Racial Rioting Political Expert Emeritus” American
rick whitaker
December 1, 2023 at 7:55 pm
CAUTION ⚠ TROLL COMMENT BY EARL THE NUTCASE
Richard Russell
November 27, 2023 at 12:26 pm
The facts are finally being exposed! Floyd was not killed, he was a walking time bomb,, strung out on illicit drugs. The corrupt power hungry Left and their shills in the media, extorted justice for the LEO’s, all for the sake of corrupting the 2020 election!
Dont Say FLA
November 27, 2023 at 1:48 pm
Floyd was not killed? He’s alive and well? Do tell! I will hazard a guess: He is staying with Elvis, correct?
Linwood Wright
December 6, 2023 at 3:20 pm
Ok retard.
Richard Russell
November 27, 2023 at 12:28 pm
If my prior comment is “judged” inappropriate, you can take this site and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine, because it is as corrupt as the worst media shill for the Dems.
rick whitaker
December 1, 2023 at 7:52 pm
richard russell, you sound like a cry baby. some of my comments are ” moderated” but i let the site run their site the way they want. i am an opinionated person that is against religion and maga cult, so florida has plenty for me to complain about. you are one of my favorite targets because you spout hate and maga cult crap
Dumbosrus
November 28, 2023 at 7:08 am
George Floyd Killer? Um, nope. Wrong title. George Floyd’s drug use, poor health and acute case of Covid killed George Floyd. Get it right.
Dont Say FLA
December 1, 2023 at 5:13 pm
Inmates better keep on stabbing the white supremacist inmates, ’cause there’ a whole lot of more white supremacists to be locked up. Make some room, fellas!
rick whitaker
December 1, 2023 at 8:04 pm
i was expecting something to happen to hm sooner, not later. prison justice is brutal. jeffrey dahmer didn’t last long in prison. rich guys usually don’t get hurt in prison because inmates drain their bank accounts for protection. if trump goes to prison the inmates will have plenty of snacks and drug money.
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