A former mafia member stabbed George Floyd’s killer 22 times with a “improvised knife.”

An ex-Mexican Mafia member admitted to FBI agents that he targeted Chauvin on Black Friday in an apparent reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.

It has been reported that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer incarcerated for the murder of George Floyd, was stabbed 22 times with an “improvised knife” while in prison.

On November 24, which coincided with Black Friday, an attack was carried out on Derek Chauvin, the ex-police officer jailed for the murder of George Floyd, in prison. The assailant, John Turscak, a 52-year-old former Mexican Mafia member, has been charged with attempted murder following this incident. Turscak, who also went by the nickname “Stranger,” had been contemplating the attack on Chauvin for over a month, seeing it as a symbolic act connected to the Black Lives Matter movement. He admitted to the FBI that he would have killed Chauvin had prison officers not intervened promptly.

Following the stabbing in the prison library, emergency life-saving measures were administered, and Chauvin is now expected to make a recovery. Turscak, who is facing three additional counts of assault, risks an extra 60 years in prison if convicted. His current sentence was set to end in 2026. Previously a leader within the Mexican Mafia in Los Angeles during the late 1990s, Turscak later turned into an FBI informant, hoping for a reduced sentence by recording conversations with his associates.

After being transferred to the jail in Tucson, Arizona, in August, concerns about Chauvin’s safety among other inmates were raised by his lawyer, who advocated for his segregation for protection purposes.

The former police officer was found guilty of second-degree murder and infringing upon George Floyd’s civil rights. This conviction came after he knelt on Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes outside a Minnesota store in 2020.

George Floyd, initially suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill, was recorded in bystander videos pleading with officers, saying, “I can’t breathe.” His death ignited global protests and prompted widespread introspection and debate on issues of police violence and systemic racism.

Chauvin received a sentence of 22 and a half years in prison for his actions. However, this sentence was met with disappointment by some of Floyd’s family members, who felt that the punishment was insufficiently severe.