Key takeaways:
- Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate.
- The inmate, John Turscak, has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in a federal prison.
- Chauvin’s family is unassured that any changes have been made to the faulty procedures that allowed this attack to occur.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, has been returned to prison custody after being stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate, his attorney said Sunday.
Chauvin was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” on Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint.
Chauvin’s attorney Gregory M. Erickson said in a statement that he spoke with Chauvin’s family Saturday and “they confirmed that this medical condition has improved to the extent that he has been removed from the trauma care facility at a local Tucson hospital and returned to prison custody for his follow up care.”
The complaint said that Turscak had been “observed on video surveillance” entering the law library and attacking Chauvin. Turscak has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in a federal prison and faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Erickson said in the statement that Chauvin’s family “remains unassured that any changes have been made to the faulty procedures that allowed this attack to occur.”
The incident is the latest in a string of high-profile cases involving former police officers who have been convicted of crimes related to the death of George Floyd. Chauvin is currently serving a 22-year sentence for his role in Floyd’s death.
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