{"id":305955,"date":"2023-11-25T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=305955"},"modified":"2023-11-25T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T12:05:06","slug":"derek-chauvin-police-officer-who-killed-george-floyd-stabbed-in-prison-us-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/trending\/derek-chauvin-police-officer-who-killed-george-floyd-stabbed-in-prison-us-media-reports\/2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Derek Chauvin, Police officer who killed George Floyd stabbed in prison – US media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Minneapolis ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted in the murder of George Floyd<\/a>, has been stabbed at an Arizona prison, US media reports say.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A source told AP the 47-year-old was seriously injured by another inmate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New York Times, citing two people with knowledge of the situation, also reported that he was attacked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chauvin, who is white, is serving multiple sentences for the black man’s death, which triggered huge protests against police brutality and racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bureau of Prisons confirmed in a statement that an inmate at a federal prison in the city of Tucson was stabbed at 12:30 local time (19:30 GMT) on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agency said employees contained the incident and “life-saving measures” were performed on the inmate, who was then taken to hospital. The name of the prisoner was not given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nobody else is thought to have been injured and Chauvin is reported to have survived the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported incident comes days after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, in which it was argued that he had not received a fair trial for the killing of Mr Floyd – who died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The killing – captured on a bystander’s phone camera – sparked global outrage and a wave of demonstrations against racial injustice and police use of force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n