Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of George Floyd’s murder, is expected to survive after he was stabbed in prison, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office said Saturday.
Chauvin was hospitalized Friday following an assault at the medium-security Federal Correctional Institution at Tucson. A law enforcement source with knowledge of the incident said Chauvin was seriously injured in the assault.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons said the incident took place at about 12:30 p.m. and “responding employees initiated life-saving measures for one incarcerated individual.”
I understand why it happens I just find it disappointing. Derails the conversation from where it should be and reduces the efficacy of the arguments for prison reform to use them in the context of this guy.
Some would say that bringing it up in times like this strengthens the argument because even the vilest shouldn’t be extrajudicially punished in prison. And where should the conversation be? At just celebrating that he got stabbed?
Like, I do agree to an extent and I do wish prisons were reformed to a point where we could celebrate Chauvin getting shanked. But until then, prison violence will always lead to calls for better cause it really is the only time regular people can talk about it.
Honestly I’m too tired rn to give this conversation the fair amount of attention and I considered just not responding but
IMO the conversation about him should be the context of what can be done to change the systems in place to prevent more people like him from being put in positions of power in the first place. I can’t exactly hand wave and make that happen, but honestly both takes on this seem like distractions from the point to me. “No one deserves this” and “haha fuck him” are both unproductive conversation towards preventing the kind of crimes he commited, but at least “haha fuck him” is cathartic and brief.
If you respond to me and I don’t respond back I’m not trying to be rude I’m just tired