Officials: Chauvin Expected to Survive Prison Stabbing

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Minnesota AG Keith Ellison on Saturday confirmed that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin received hospital treatment after he was attacked and stabbed on Friday by another inmate at Tucson’s Federal Corrections Institution in Arizona.¹
Chauvin has been at FCI Tucson since he was transferred from a maximum-security state prison in Minnesota in August 2022.²
The former officer was found guilty in April 2021 of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter related to the 2020 death of George Floyd.³
Chauvin was sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison in June 2022. He’s serving a concurrent sentence after he faced federal civil rights charges and pleaded guilty to holding his knee on Floyd’s neck even after Floyd became unresponsive during a police stop.³
Floyd’s killing was captured on video and set off worldwide protests while people were isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic.⁴
Chauvin's stabbing came just days after the US Supreme Court declined to hear the police officer's appeal of his conviction. He argues that new evidence suggests Floyd may have died from a drug overdose and not from his interaction with Chauvin.⁵

Narrative A, as provided by The New York Times. This near tragedy could’ve been more easily avoided had the federal prison system not been dealing with massive staff shortages and other shortfalls that have made it difficult to keep all prisoners secure. Assessments have been made, leading to reforms, but it's not possible to totally eradicate all danger from the prison system.
Narrative B, as provided by The Arizona Republic. This is a massive failure of the federal prison system, especially considering how many notorious prisoners have lately been the victims of violence while in custody. Even if there are reforms being undertaken, it shouldn’t have taken much more than basic common sense to keep Chauvin separated and safe from harm.