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.

  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Kind of sad to see the number of people celebrating his injury. His actions are reprehensible, but he has be sentenced and should be able to carry out that sentence without the threat of violence and death. This is partially the reason people who go to prison come out worse than when they went in.

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      7 months ago

      Lol it absolutely is not sad, it is justice served hot and fresh with a side of gravy. He does not deserve any pity or mercy and should have been executed instead of imprisoned in the first place.

      Hopefully the next inmate will slice his throat or hit a major artery.

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      7 months ago

      The same system he was responsible for sending people into as part of his daily work, assuming they were still alive.

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      7 months ago

      Agreed. I understand the flippancy with him in particular, but prisons should not be a place where your life is in danger. Think of the other inmates, not just him. There are lots of inmates who can be reformed, but living in an environment that is so dangerous makes that much less likely. Sucks all around.

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      7 months ago

      I’m not gonna celebrate, but i’m not gonna mourn either. This whole chain of events happened because he deliberately chose to abuse another human being while in a position of authority

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        7 months ago

        Absolutely. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t feel bad for him at all. I do feel bad for the good people in jail who are victims of our prison system.

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        7 months ago

        It’s worth mourning that someone in the custody of the state isn’t being protected from attack. For every evil cop getting stabbed there’s a ton more people (some of whom are innocent) who are subject to the same negligence and cruelty in the system.

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          7 months ago

          That’s literally what happened when he murdered his victim though. Maybe the cruelty he’s facing will be a wake-up call to all the other criminals with a badge out there.

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      I agree. But I’m also thrilled to see that prisons are equal-opportunity shitholes for the demographics the powers try to imprison, and their own lackeys. Maybe this will shed enough light on how terrible prisons are that Americans collectively give a shit and try to fix them?

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        Maybe this will shed enough light on how terrible prisons are that Americans collectively give a shit and try to fix them?

        That would be brilliant, but I just can’t see it happening. The right have consistently opposed any kind of reform and clearly want the prison system to punish people through rape, abuse and violence.

        They’d obvious love to get one of their favourite state executioners out of that situation, but they’re not going to fix the system for millions of people – most of whom are poor, part of a minority group and therefore undesirables – to make it happen.

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      I might be wrong, but the reason (good or bad) is people don’t feel the judgement was actually just?

      He was punished but it’s only 22 years…and they’re still trying to appeal it . And I remember it being messy and after a lot of outcry.

      This isn’t meant to justify it, but I do think that you could definitely see why people would not be happy with the situation.

      Like I definitely understand that people should feel safe in prison, but I think there’s a lot of things about the situation people disagree on.

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        I don’t think it’s appropriate to put a “but” after “people should feel safe in prison”. It implies that there are people who do not deserve safety while incarcerated.

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          We’re talking about a cop. He’s not people to start with but especially with what he’s done.

          He doesn’t deserve safety as he is part of the reason why so many people suffer in prisons and have their lives ruined. I will do nothing other than cheer as every ounce of his life is shredded in front of him until his life is as empty as he made Chauvins.

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            But that’s a revenge fantasy. And cops are still people. What we want is “harm reduction”. Harm reduction was accomplished when his gun, badge and freedom were taken away, and (hopefully) a message was sent to other police officers to cause them to think twice before murdering people.

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      7 months ago

      He killed a man in a horrific and truly awful way. He had PLENTY of time to feel regret for his feelings. He is now suffering under the exact same system that has destroyed so many lives. Lives he had a hand in destroying previously due to being a cop.

      He had plenty of chances. Fuck him. I hope he suffers everyday for the rest of his miserable life.

      I refuse to give that disgusting piece of shit the same respect that I give to people. He didn’t do it for others? Fuck giving it to him.