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- PoliticsThe New Republic
Mike Johnson’s January 6 Tape Confession Destroys GOP’s Favorite Talking Point
House Speaker Mike Johnson just accidentally obliterated the Republican Party’s favorite conspiracy theory: that the January 6 insurrection was carried out by undercover federal agents and members of antifa.Johnson told a press conference Tuesday that the GOP is editing footage of the insurrection to prevent the Justice Department from potentially identifying rioters.“We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don’t want them to be retaliat
- NewsEvening Standard
Derek Chauvin: George Floyd's killer stabbed '22 times by former mafia member'
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd was stabbed 22 times by an ex-mafia member in prison. Derek Chauvin, 47, was attacked by another inmate in Tucson, Arizona, on Friday, November 24. Former gang leader John Turscak has been charged with attempted murder one week after the attack.
- NewsThe Hill
Inmate who stabbed ex-cop Derek Chauvin charged with attempted murder: Prosecutors
The inmate accused of attacking ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last week has been charged with attempted murder, according to federal prosecutors. The prisoner, identified as 52-year-old John Turscak, stabbed Chauvin 22 times in the law library of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Tucson, Ariz. Turscak told officials in the prison that he would…
- PoliticsThe Hill
BLM slams advocate’s Trump endorsement as ‘publicity stunt’
The national Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization slammed a man previously affiliated with a Rhode Island BLM group after he endorsed former President Trump for president and gained national attention. “This is a publicity stunt,” the national and Rhode Island groups said in a statement to CNN. “The right-wing continues to use and amplify fringe…
- PoliticsThe Hill
DeSantis knocks Trump over BLM leader’s endorsement: ‘Makes perfect sense’
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis knocked former President Trump after he earned an endorsement from Black Lives Matter (BLM) activist Mark Fisher. “BLM praising Donald Trump — and Trump celebrating it — makes perfect sense,” DeSantis posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The Florida governor was responding to a post from the…
- NewsEvening Standard
Derek Chauvin: Former police officer who murdered George Floyd 'expected to survive' prison stabbing
The killing of George Floyd sparked widespread protests against police brutality in the US
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VideoOfficer in prison for George Floyd death attacked
STORY: Derek Chauvin - the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd - has been attacked in prison in Arizona.That's according to Minnesota's attorney general in an emailed statement to Reuters.The Associated Press reported earlier that Chauvin had been stabbed and seriously injured.Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's civil rights, as well as a concurrent 22-and-a-half years for his murder conviction in Minnesota state court.The Fede
- NewsThe Telegraph
George Floyd's killer stabbed in prison
Derek Chauvin, the US police officer whose murder of George Floyd sparked massive racial justice protests in 2020, was reportedly stabbed in prison on Friday.
- NewsEvening Standard
Derek Chauvin: Police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd stabbed in prison, reports
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, was stabbed in federal prison on Friday and seriously injured, the Associated Press said, citing a person familiar with the matter. Floyd's death in 2020 unleashed a wave of protests worldwide against police brutality and racism after Chauvin knelt on the handcuffed man's neck for more than nine minutes in a murder caught on video. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed an unidentified inmate was assa
- NewsThe Independent
George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin stabbed and seriously injured by inmate in federal prison
Former police officer given ‘life-saving measures’ after atack at prison in Arizona