The complaint alleges that while incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution Tucson, John Turscak, 52, stabbed Chauvin about 22 times “with an improvised knife,” prosecutors said.

Turscak was charged with attempted murder, assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury, according to prosecutors.

The investigation in the case was conducted by the FBI.

Attempted murder and assault with intent to commit murder violations each carry maximum penalties of 20 years incarceration, while assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury each carry maximum penalties of 10 years.

Chauvin was expected to survive following the attack last week in a prison in Arizona, the Minnesota Attorney General’s office said earlier.

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    Imagine you wake up at 6 AM on a monday morning in May, weather is already warm, drink your coffee, take on your uniform and go to your police job. Approximately 2 hours later, you knee on the neck of a black man doing your usual racism like you did for the past years, nothing special. At 8:20 AM you notice that this time the guy is not moving anymore…

    Three years later, you wake up in a prison cell, listening to the command shouted by the corrections officer, walking down the hallway and suddenly getting stabbed by someone 22 times.

    That is some Butterfly-Effect shit that you didn’t saw coming when you woke up on that day in may in 2020. He must think a lot about this day. And George. For George it was an even worst day that day in May.

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      I wonder if Derek is now realizing that the entire system he worked for and upheld only produces violence. It’s not that he shouldn’t be stabbed, but that no one in the justice system should be subject to the violence he himself subjected on others, like Floyd. Truly hosted by his own peitard.

      And for that reason, my sympathies are limited.

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      It wasn’t just a stranger too. They knew each other. Used to work security together at a Minneapolis nightclub called El nuevo rodeo. The club was later burned down during the protests.

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    Investigator: asks suspect Did you stab Derek Chauvin 22 times?

    Suspect: See I never did things just to do them. Come on, I mean, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and start stabbing on somebody? Like it’s, you know, it’s something to do?

    Suspect: Come on, I got a little more sense than that.

    Suspect: Yeah I remember stabbing Derek Chauvin.

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    It was infuriating to watch how slowly the wheels of justice worked in Chauvin’s case- not only did he commit murder, he did it on camera in front of witnesses and we all saw it on the news over and over and there had to be protests before charges were considered- and even after all that, there was serious debate over whether or not he was guilty.

    …and in this situation, charges being brought against his attacker are the news, which illustrates the double-standard of a system that plain didn’t want to work on George Floyd’s behalf but certainly does seem to want to work on Chauvin’s

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    why is the news reporting on this and not every other prison stabbing? I know the press covered manson in prison for years but this kind of thing is really indicative of bad journalism

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    This would never have happened if Chauvin and his ilk would just learn to follow directions…

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    Aw man. After 23 stabbings, you get an extra Ramen noodle spice packet and broken noodles to sprinkle on top.

    Missed it by that much!

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    First time I’m hearing about this.

    Chauvin was expected to survive following the attack last week

    Damnit.

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      Yeah, he’s going to survive through a very painful recovery from twenty-two stab wounds.

      And then he’ll be put back in prison. With the other prisoners again.

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        only reason I don’t want him to get stabbed again is because I don’t want anyone else’s life to get ruined by this shit cop. or, more ruined… I guess. I dunno. They’re in prison, so, you know.

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      While I’m not gonna cry over this garbage person getting hurt, let’s not actively celebrate extrajudicial punishment. Prison is already a fucked up piece of our fucked up “justice” system.

      Next you gonna tell me that someone who rapes him would deserve a medal? Because that would be the same energy.

      And both are fucked up ways of thinking.

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        Thank you for saying it.

        Justice isn’t getting stabbed in prison 22 times. The same way Justice is kneeling on the neck of a non-violent offender until he is dead.

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          Exactly.

          True justice would be to ensure he never re-offends, pays his dues to society and the family, and ideally comes out of prison a better person that actively benefits society as a rehabilitated offender.

          But our current justice system doesn’t do that, either.

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    attempted murder, assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury,

    this sounds like they’re charging him 4 times for the same thing? just because you can reword it with bullshit legalese like that doesn’t make it right? isn’t this functionally going against double jeopardy? i mean i’m sure it’s cop in-group shit but still

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      I think they consider some charges together. Like charge them with Murder 1 and Murder 2. Prosecution presents its case. The jury is instructed on elements of each crime to be found guilty. Then they choose which single one to convict or none.

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      I don’t know how crimes in prison work, but a typical DA will charge every crime possible just for bargaining position. Not only does it make it easier to get a charge to stick to the guilty, it also makes it possible to win a case against the innocent.