Derek Chauvin Transferred to Texas Prison After Stabbing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted for the murder of George Floyd, has been transferred to a federal prison in Texas, as confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. This move comes nearly nine months after Chauvin was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a facility in Arizona. Chauvin, who is serving a combined 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights and a 22.5-year state sentence for second-degree murder, was temporarily relocated to the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center before his final transfer to Big Springs, Texas. The stabbing incident occurred on November 24, 2023, when John Turscak, a fellow inmate serving a 30-year sentence for crimes linked to the Mexican Mafia, attacked Chauvin. Turscak reportedly expressed intentions to kill Chauvin, leading to charges of attempted murder against him. Chauvin's conviction stems from the widely publicized incident in May 2020, where he knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes, despite Floyd's pleas that he could not breathe. In related developments, former officer Thomas Lane, who was involved in restraining Floyd, was released from federal prison in Colorado on the same day Chauvin was transferred. Lane had served 30 months for his role in Floyd's death and is now under supervised release. He is the first of the four officers charged in connection with Floyd's death to complete his sentence, while the other two officers, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, remain incarcerated and are scheduled for release in 2025.