Prosecution: Fellow inmate stabbed George Floyd's killer Derek Chauvin 22 times
Chauvin's fellow inmate had attacked the 47-year-old ex-policeman last week on Black Friday. According to the indictment, he wanted to remind people of the Black Lives Matter movement, which is directed against the widespread police violence against black people in the USA.
The 52-year-old faces 20 additional years in prison for attempted murder in the case. He is also alleged to have stabbed another inmate more than 20 times.
The public prosecutor's office did not name Chauvin in its statement. However, an official source confirmed to the AFP news agency that the victim of the aforementioned knife attack was the former Minneapolis police officer. No details were given about Chauvin's condition after the attack.
In May 2020, the white police officer Chauvin had pressed his knee into the neck of George Floyd, a black man arrested in Minneapolis for an allegedly counterfeit 20-dollar bill, for around nine and a half minutes, despite Floyd repeatedly complaining that he could no longer breathe. The 46-year-old African-American died as a result.
Floyd's complaint "I can't breathe" went around the world and became a slogan of the anti-racism movement Black Lives Matter. The case sparked mass protests against racism and police violence in the USA and many other countries.
In June 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for second-degree murder - in German law, this is roughly equivalent to manslaughter in a serious case. A few days before the knife attack on Chauvin, the US Supreme Court had rejected an appeal by Chauvin against his conviction.
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- The knife attack on Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, was allegedly carried out by his fellow inmate in prison.
- The public prosecutor's office in the USA has not disclosed the exact details of Chauvin's condition following the knife attack, which occurred last week on Black Friday.
- The knife attack on Chauvin reportedly took place due to the inmate's desire to bring attention to the Black Lives Matter movement and its fight against widespread police violence against black people in the USA.
- Derek Chauvin, the 47-year-old ex-policeman, is currently facing an additional 20-year prison term for attempting to murder his fellow inmate using a knife.
- George Floyd's killer, Derek Chauvin, was stabbed 22 times by his fellow inmate in the prison in Tucson, Arizona.
- The details of the second inmate who was allegedly attacked by Chauvin's fellow inmate more than 20 times were not disclosed by the public prosecutor's office.
- George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died in May 2020 after white police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for nearly 10 minutes.
- The knife attack on Chauvin came as a surprise to many, as his appeal against his conviction in the George Floyd case had been recently rejected by the US Supreme Court.
- The Black Lives Matter movement, sparked by George Floyd's death and the widespread police violence against black people in the USA, became a global anti-racism movement.
- In June 2021, Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for second-degree murder in the George Floyd case.
- In the same case, three other former Minneapolis police officers, who were also present during the arrest of George Floyd, were sentenced to prison terms of two to three years for aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.
Source: www.stern.de
