George Floyd’s Convicted Killer Derek Chauvin Stabbed In Prison, Social Media Reacts
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison released a statement on the incident expressing that his sentence was punishment enough and acts of violence aren’t the answer.
“I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of violence,” Ellison said, according to NBC. “He was duly convicted of his crimes and, like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence.”
Chauvin, along with Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane, were the cops who responded to the scene when a store worker in Minneapolis Minessota called the police in May 2020 alleging that patron George Floyd had used a counterfeit $20. After placing Floyd in handcuffs, Chauvin proceeded to kneel on his neck for over nine minutes, despite Floyd’s “I can’t breathe” pleas. Upon Floyd’s death, which was caught on camera by bystanders, civil unrest ignited across the country, leading to countless protests in the name of Black Lives Matter. Social media, however, isn’t nearly as solemn about the stabbing. See the reactions below.
