{"id":26650,"date":"2023-11-25T01:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T06:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=26650"},"modified":"2023-11-26T03:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T08:37:11","slug":"derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/11\/25\/derek-chauvin-stabbed-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by another inmate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The New York Times, citing two people with knowledge of the situation, also reported that he was attacked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chauvin is serving multiple sentences for the black man’s death, which triggered widespread protests against police brutality and racism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Bureau of Prisons confirmed in a statement that an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson, Arizona was stabbed at 12.30 local time (19:30 GMT) on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The agency said employees contained the incident and “life-saving measures” were performed on the inmate, who was then taken to hospital. The name of the prisoner was not given.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nobody else is thought to have been injured and Chauvin is reported to have survived the attack.<\/p>\n

Brian Evans, a spokesman for the Minnesota attorney general’s office, said on Saturday that they had “heard that he (Chauvin) is expected to survive”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The reported incident comes days after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, in which it was argued that he had not received a fair trial for the killing of Mr Floyd – who died after Chauvin, who is white, knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The killing – captured on a bystander’s phone camera – sparked global outrage and a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice and police use of force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Chauvin was\u00a0later found guilty of Mr Floyd’s murder<\/a>\u00a0and sentenced to 22 years in prison. He was given a further 20-year sentence in July 2022 for violating Mr Floyd’s civil rights.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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