MINNEAPOLIS — The former Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd, which sparked a social justice movement in 2020, was transferred to a federal prison in Texas, months after being stabbed.

Derek Chauvin, 47, was transferred to a low-security prison in Big Spring. On Nov. 24, 2023, Chauvin was stabbed in federal prison in Tucson, Ariz. where he was serving 21 years for violating Floyd’s civil rights, a federal charge, and 22 1/2 years for second-degree murder, a state charge, both running concurrently.

Chauvin was stabbed by John Turscak who is a former member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang. Turscak allegedly targeted Chauvin because of his notoriety for killing Floyd.

On Tuesday, Thomas Lane, 41, who is also a former MPD officer involved in the death of Floyd, was released from a federal prison in Colorado after serving a three-year sentence for aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

The other former MPD officers involved in the death of Floyd, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, are expected to be released from prison next year.

More on the death of Floyd and Chauvin’s prison transfer.