Derek Chauvin Transferred to Texas Prison Following Stabbing Incident
Former officer convicted of George Floyd's murder moved after surviving attack; Thomas Lane, another convicted officer, released from prison
- Chauvin was transferred to a low-security facility in Big Spring, Texas, nine months after being stabbed 22 times in an Arizona prison.
- The assailant, John Turscak, attacked Chauvin with an improvised knife, citing Chauvin's notoriety as the reason.
- Chauvin is serving concurrent sentences for second-degree murder and violating Floyd's civil rights.
- Thomas Lane, another officer involved in Floyd's death, was released after serving his sentence for aiding and abetting manslaughter.
- Lane is the first of the four convicted officers to be released, while Chauvin's appeal to overturn his federal guilty plea is pending.