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Associated Press earlier reported Chauvin had been stabbed and
seriously injured on Friday.
"I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of
violence," Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said in an
emailed statement 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 heard
that he is expected to survive.”
Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating
Floyd's civil rights, as well as a concurrent 22-1/2 years for
murder on his conviction in Minnesota state court.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an unidentified inmate
was assaulted at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson,
Arizona. It said employees "initiated life-saving measures" for
one individual, who was taken by emergency medical services to a
hospital. A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons said it was
not providing the name of the victim or their medical status due
to privacy reasons.
Floyd's death in 2020 unleashed protests worldwide against
police brutality and racism after Chauvin, who is white, knelt
on the neck of the handcuffed Black man for more than nine
minutes in a murder caught on cellphone video.
(Reporting by Hannah Lang in Washington, David Ljunggren in
Ottawa and Steve Gorman; Editing by Caitlin Webber and Josie
Kao)
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