“We will continue to try to ascertain what additional measures are being made to protect Derek and will pursue any avenues available under the law to ensure his continued safety,” Chauvin’s attorney Gregory M. Erickson said.

Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint.

  • TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Lawful evil doesn’t count.

    Yes, prison reform is badly needed. No, prisons shouldn’t be hell-pits of torture and suffering, and no, having them be that way doesn’t fix anything.

    All of that is granted. A functioning civilisation gives up the emotional satisfaction of vengeance and vendetta, in exchange for the streets not being ankle-deep in blood all the time, and on the whole that’s a very good bargain.

    But in the case of people who abuse and subvert the very system that facilitates that exchange?

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    It’s paradox-of-tolerance stuff. We don’t have to give a shit about the welfare of abusive cops, any more than we have to extend tolerance and kindness to nazis.