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Trump says he’s not considering pardon for Derek Chauvin, convicted in George Floyd murder

President Trump shot down speculation Friday that he might pardon former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin — whose 2020 murder of George Floyd unleashed months of protests and rioting nationwide — after conservative media personality Ben Shapiro publicly urged the commander-in-chief to do so.

“No, I haven’t even heard about it, no. I haven’t heard of that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after Chauvin, now 48, knelt on his neck for nine minutes while arresting him for using a fake $20 bill at a store.

Could Derek Chauvin be pardoned? Conservative commentator launches effort to petition Trump

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has publicly called for the president to pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal crimes related to George Floyd’s 2020 death – drawing derision from the Minnesota attorney general who helped put Chauvin in prison but amplification from one of Trump’s most powerful advisers.

Shapiro’s proposal could spring to mind several questions, including: “Could a president do that?” (Answer: Yes); and, “What would it matter, since Chauvin also is in prison on state charges?” (Answer: It’s complicated).

Judge Allows Derek Chauvin’s Legal Team to Inspect George Floyd’s Heart to Test Alternative Theory

A federal judge granted Derek Chauvin’s defense attorneys permission to examine George Floyd’s heart tissue in an effort to substantiate their theory that Floyd died of an underlying heart condition, not from the pressure that Chauvin applied to his neck during the ill-fated arrest four years ago.

By Malayna Bizier, 13 December, 2023

Coverage of Derek Chauvin’s Stabbing: Conspiracy, Misinformation, and Middle Ground

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After the infamous Derek Chauvin was stabbed, both news and social media began criticizing the federal prison system and speculating that the public may not be getting the whole story.

Derek Chauvin back in prison after surviving 22 stab wounds

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the killing of George Floyd, has returned to the prison where he was stabbed 22 times last month. The 47-year-old ex-cop’s lawyer told the Minneapolis Star Tribune Chauvin’s condition had improved to where he could be released from a Tucson, Ariz., hospital, but they remain “very concerned” the federal penitentiary where he’s incarcerated will be unable to keep him safe. Fellow inmate and former gang member John Turscak allegedly attacked Chauvin on Nov. 24. Turscak was sentenced to 30 years behind...

Derek Chauvin back in prison where he was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate

Killer ex-cop Derek Chauvin is out of a hospital and back in the prison where he was stabbed 22 times by a Black Lives Matter-inspired inmate the day after Thanksgiving. Chauvin, the 47-year-old former Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd in 2020, was returned to the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, despite his family’s fears for his safety there, his attorney, Gregory Erickson, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “Derek’s family confirmed that his medical condition has improved to the extent that he has been removed from the trauma care...

Derek Chauvin returns to prison after alleged BLM-inspired stabbing

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has returned to a federal prison in Arizona more than a week after a fellow inmate allegedly stabbed him 22 times with a shank in the library in a Black Friday attack partially inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. Chauvin is serving more than 20 years for the death of George Floyd and for depriving him of his civil rights in a May 2020 encounter that kicked off nationwide protests. Chauvin's family is "very concerned about the facility’s capacity to protect Derek from...

Derek Chauvin Has Left Trauma Care and Returned to Prison Custody for 'Follow-Up Care,' Says Lawyer

The former police officer's "medical condition has improved" his lawyer states, after his stabbing in an Arizona prison on Nov. 24 Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has returned to prison custody following an improved medical condition after his recent stabbing in an Arizona prison, his lawyer confirms. Chauvin’s attorney Gregory M. Erickson says in a statement to PEOPLE, “Derek’s family confirmed that his medical condition has improved to the extent that he has been removed from the trauma care facility at a local Tucson hospital and returned to prison...

Derek Chauvin is released from the hospital and is back in prison custody after inmate stabbing attack

Derek Chauvin has returned to prison custody after the former Minneapolis police officer was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate, his attorney said. Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” on Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint. Chauvin’s attorney Gregory M. Erickson, said in a statement Sunday that he spoke with Chauvin’s family Saturday and “they confirmed that this medical...

An inmate accused of stabbing Derek Chauvin 22 times is charged with attempted murder

The inmate accused of attacking Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in George Floyd’s killing, stabbed him approximately 22 times with an improvised knife in an attack the Arizona inmate had been contemplating for around a month, according to court documents.

According to the federal complaint, at approximately 12:30 p.m. local time on November 24, Chauvin was in the law library at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson when John Turscak, 52, attacked him, causing serious bodily injury.

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