Incarcerated former officer Derek Chauvin was transported to a hospital after a reported attack from a fellow inmate left him needing “life-saving measures.”
Serving concurrent terms after being convicted for the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd, the one-time Minneapolis police officer had been relocated from a maximum-security facility in Minnesota to Federal Correction Institution, Tucson in Aug. 2022.
Friday, the medium-security facility, noted for staffing shortages and security lapses, became the scene of an apparent attack on Chauvin after another inmate reportedly stabbed the 47-year-old, according to the Associated Press.
Citing the Bureau of Prisons, it was confirmed that an assault had occurred at the facility around 12:30 p.m. Friday though, “The person was not authorized to publicly discuss details of the attack and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.”
While the BOP did not name the inmate, a statement from the agency did detail that the victim had been treated with “life-saving measures” before being brought to a local hospital for “further treatment and evaluation” where he was said to have been in stable condition.
Chauvin’s attorney Eric Nelson had made note of safety concerns for his client in 2022 court filings where a desire to keep the former officer away from other inmates had been expressed “largely for his own protection.”
The reported attack came not only as the inmate with a sentence of more than 20 years worked to appeal his conviction and overturn his own plea, but also after the release of a new documentary film wherein he described his trial as “a sham.”
From journalist Liz Collin, the film “The Fall of Minneapolis” based on her book “They’re Lying” sought to set the record straight on Floyd’s infamous death. It included a phone interview with Chauvin from prison who had told her, “At the end of the day, the whole trial including sentencing was a sham.”
Derek Chauvin speaks out in new George Floyd documentary: ‘The whole trial was a sham’ https://t.co/BFofK1zjGJ via @BIZPACReview
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In particular, the inmate had referenced the Maximal Restraint Technique used during the widely-viewed encounter with Floyd that had been routinely described as the “knee on the neck.” As was detailed, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill had denied a request from Chauvin’s attorney to submit an image from training documents related to the MRT.
To that, the former officer commented, “I think it certainly is important. Just the fact that it is a PowerPoint training presentation that the City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Police Department delivered using that photograph, that at least illustrates some of the training techniques that are performed.”
Across the BOP, the AP reported “rampant sexual abuse and other criminal conduct by staff, dozens of escapes, chronic violence, deaths and severe staffing shortages that have hampered responses to emergencies, including inmate assaults and suicides.”
In response to the attack on Chauvin, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison released a statement reported by the Star Tribune that said, “I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of violence.”
Ellison further claimed, “He was duly convicted of his crimes and, like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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