EXCLUSIVE: After being stabbed 22 times, Derek Chauvin suffers setbacks, double standards
As reported by Alpha News, Chauvin was copying documents in a federal prison law library at FCI Tucson when he was violently attacked. Since then, he says the documents he planned to file in court have gone "missing."
In November 2023, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was copying documents in a law library at a federal prison in Tucson when he was stabbed 22 times. Chauvin is slowly recovering from the attack but continues to suffer a series of peculiar setbacks and double standards.
Chauvin’s missing court documents and a request for his medical records
The court documents Chauvin was copying have since gone “missing.” Chauvin said that “depending upon who you ask,” the documents are being held as “evidence,” or were “soaked with blood and mace” and thrown away. Either way, Chauvin said he no longer has the copies or the originals and has no idea if or when he will get them back.
Incidentally, another prisoner, Marco Alferez, recently filed a motion in court to compel the FBI to return items they confiscated from him when Chauvin was stabbed.
Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that John Turscak — the prisoner and former gang member who brutally attacked and repeatedly stabbed Chauvin — will have access to legal documents in his prison cell. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynnette C. Kimmins also ruled:
“Mr. Turscak shall be allowed access to a laptop computer (and associated power cord), one or more electronic storage drives (and associated USB cord), and paper and a writing instrument for taking notes, all for the sole purpose of reviewing the discovery in his case, in order to assist in his defense.”
In what seems like a strange setback — and an offender/victim double standard — Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement. He does not have any access to his files or legal documents, making it more difficult to move forward with his latest appeal — the one he was working on in the law library when he was stabbed by Turscak.