Former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin returned to prison amid lingering concerns about “the facility's ability to protect Derek from further harm.”
Just over a week after an attempt on his life left him hospitalized with 22 stab wounds from an “improvised knife”, Chauvin's family confirmed through their civil lawyer that he had been given d discharged from the medical center. Attorney Gregory M. Erickson spoke to the Minnesota Star Tribune and detailed his skepticism about his safety under the care of the United States Bureau of Prisons.
“His family is very concerned about the facility's ability to protect Derek from further harm,” Erickson. said. “They are not confident that any changes have been made to the flawed procedures that allowed Derek's attack to occur in the first place.”
“We will continue to try to find out what additional steps are being taken to protect Derek and will pursue any avenues under the law to ensure his continued safety,” the attorney said.
As previously reported, Chauvin, the officer held responsible for the May 2020 death of George Floyd in police custody that he used to justify a summer of “mostly peaceful protests” and riots, had been stabbed by his fellow inmate John Turcak, more than 20 times in November. . 24.
It was later revealed that Turscak had been an FBI informant.
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A DOJ press release stated, “The complaint alleges that while incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Turcak stabbed another inmate, DC, who had previously been convicted of federal crimes in another district, approximately 22 times with a makeshift knife,” detailing that the attempted murder and assault charges against the suspect could add decades to the 52-year-old's sentence if convicted.
According to the complaint, the alleged attacker had selected Black Friday because “it was symbolic of the Black Lives Matter movement and the 'Black Hand' symbol associated with Mexican mafia criminal organizations.”
“Derek's family received confirmation from Derek himself that the facts contained in the charging document are accurate; the attack took place in the law library, where the perpetrator attacked Derek from behind with a makeshift knife,” Erickson detailed in his statement.
“How the perpetrator was able to obtain and possess hazardous materials remains a mystery [that were able to be formed into an improvised knife], and how a guard couldn't arrive and arrest the perpetrator until Derek had been stabbed 22 times,” the lawyer remarked. “Why was Derek allowed into the law library without a guard close enough to stop a possible attack? His family continues to wonder.”
When asked for comment, Bureau of Prisons spokesman Benjamin O'Cone directed the Tribune to the agency's policy not to comment on “confinement conditions for any incarcerated individual. We also do not comment on matters related to investigations nor do we comment on specific security practices.”
Chauvin is currently serving concurrent sentences of 21 and 22 1/2 years after being convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights and second-degree murder.
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