A former Minneapolis police officer jailed over the murder of George Floyd is “expected to survive” after being stabbed by a fellow inmate, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Derek Chauvin was “seriously injured” during the attack in a prison in Arizona on Friday, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prison officials said on Friday that staff had performed “life-saving” measures on an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson – though did not name Chauvin.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said he was “sad to hear” that Chauvin had been the “target of violence” inside prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“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,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chauvin, 47, was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to serve a 22-year sentence for the second-degree murder of Mr Floyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also sentenced to a concurrent 21-year sentence for violating Mr Floyd’s civil rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Floyd, 46, died in May 2020 after Chauvin pressed a knee on his neck for more than nine minutes on the street outside a convenience store in Minneapolis, where he was suspected of trying to pass counterfeit money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The murder, which was recorded on a mobile phone by a passer-by, who filmed Mr Floyd saying “I can’t breathe” multiple times, sparked protests against racism and police brutality across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three other former officers received lesser state and federal sentences for their roles in Mr Floyd’s death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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