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(Reuters) – Derek Chauvin, the previous Minneapolis police officer convicted within the loss of life of George Floyd, is predicted to outlive following an assault in a jail in Arizona on Friday, based on a spokesperson from the Minnesota Legal professional Common’s workplace.
The Related Press earlier reported Chauvin had been stabbed and critically injured on Friday.
“I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of violence,” Minnesota Legal professional Common Keith Ellison mentioned in an emailed assertion on Saturday.
“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.
Ellison did not give further details.
In a statement on Sunday, Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Brian Evans said regarding Chauvin’s condition: “We have now heard that he’s anticipated to outlive.”
Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights, in addition to a concurrent 22-1/2 years for homicide on his conviction in Minnesota state court docket.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an unidentified inmate was assaulted on the Federal Correctional Establishment in Tucson, Arizona. It mentioned workers “initiated life-saving measures” for one particular person, who was taken by emergency medical companies to a hospital. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons mentioned it was not offering the identify of the sufferer or their medical standing resulting from privateness causes.
Floyd’s loss of life in 2020 unleashed protests worldwide towards police brutality and racism after Chauvin, who’s white, knelt on the neck of the handcuffed Black man for greater than 9 minutes in a homicide caught on cellphone video.
