I don't feel bad for the guy, but I don't celebrate this sort of vigilante justice, either. Prisoners should be safe from other prisoners. Prison is not meant to be torture, and recidivism is a massive problem in the United States. Chauvin will have 20 years to contemplate his crimes, and treating him and every other prisoner will only reinforce their criminal proclivities.
American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don't get it twisted.
If they were for rehabilitation or treatment, then we would see to that, societally. But we don't.
This is a small piece of why our justice system is so absolutely fucked.
American prisons ARE meant for torture. Don’t get it twisted.
naw. not really. Prisons are meant to provide cheap domestic labor to the corporations running them. it's all profits.
Well both those things can be true.
Never forget, it’s actually legal to enslave prisoners according to the 13th Amendment.
yup. And there is a reason why laws are written to disproportionately affect certain groups- like how crack cocaine gets more jail time than powder, or marijuana convictions...
i think you’re responding to a normative statement by making a descriptive statement.
for those unaware, here’s a quick explanation from wikipedia: a normative statement is “meant to talk about the world as it should be”, while a descriptive statement is “meant to describe the world as it is”.
So much this man. Guy was an asshole, but he and everyone else should be safe in prison.
Very glad this is currently the top comment. I was worried I’d run into a comment thread cheering for violence that simply shouldn’t have happened.
Maybe Chauvin stabbed himself in a state of "excited delirium."
The important thing is, the inmate investigated himself and decided that he did nothing wrong.
I'm sorely tempted to start circulating claims about what Chauvin had in his system at the time.
EDIT - Also, this shit:
Chauvin’s stabbing comes as the federal Bureau of Prisons has faced increased scrutiny in recent years following wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide in 2019. It’s another example of the agency’s inability to keep even its highest profile prisoners safe after Nassar’s stabbing and “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski’s suicide at a federal medical center in June.
Oh it's a problem all of a sudden. Can't imagine why.
I'm sorely tempted to start circulating claims about what Chauvin had in his system at the time.
A shiv
Oh you..
I’m sorely tempted to start circulating claims about what Chauvin had in his system at the time.
Are we certain the wound was caused by a stabbing and not "Incarceration Delirium"? Or maybe it's a holy miracle stigmata!
Murderer. The proper way to refer to him, mainstream news, is "the murderer Derek Chauvin". He was convicted of murdering George Floyd.
I don't know, I like reminding everyone that he was a police officer when this sort of thing comes up.
How about " Convicted Murderer and disgraced police officer Derek Chauvin", that should keep most of us happy.
He should have just complied.
I feel this whole case is everything wrong with the justice system (aside from him actually facing consequences). A corrupt cop with a history of violence gets attacked in an overpopulated and understaffed prison where folks are punished instead of rehabilitated.
Right, none of these things should have happened at all. It's just a negative feedback loop of incompetence and corruption.
This person spent a career throwing people into this exact system. Eagerly, if my perception of his past behavior after watching his entire trial is at all representative.
While it's easy to not sympathize with a person like that, no inmates should be getting stabbed in prison. It's still wrong. And still a symptom of the bad justice system in the US.
are we sure he didn't overdose? let's not jump to conclusions here.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a sharpened melted toothbrush, is a good guy with a sharpened melted toothbrush.
I’m just glad he survived. Death is an escape he doesn’t deserve yet. He’s got many more years of “fun” to look forward to.
While I don't particularly rejoice at the idea of anyone getting stabbed, I also can't possibly shed a tear for this guy.
In November 2022, an inmate at the facility’s low-security prison camp pulled out a gun and attempted to shoot a visitor in the head. The weapon, which the inmate shouldn’t have had ....
Well, that seems a bit obvious.
Just to take a jab at the US from a European perspective...
You don't have the right to bear arms in prison? I thought guns were sacred in the US!?
I hope he was stabbed somewhere where he found out what it was like to not be able to breathe.
I heard he had drugs in his system at the time which justifies the stabbing for some reason
Well now he has felt the fear of death from the violence of another person too.
Ohh so this is why murderers should go to maximum security instead of medium.
Particularly vicious and unrepentant murderers who killed a man in broad daylight as his gang cheered.
Wow, I'm soooo surprised an ex-officer got stabbed in prison. Who could've seen this coming?
It's kinda freeing to be done with the disney channel ass idea that you should never celebrate others' misfortune. It lets headlines like this be heartwarming instead of disappointing
That people are being stabbed in prison is an indictment on the barbarity of our prison system, so this should still piss you off.
Thoughts and prayers
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