Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is being kept isolated in prison as he awaits sentencing following his conviction of three counts in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was booked into the Oak Park Heights prison in Stillwater on Tuesday at 4:55 p.m., about an hour after hearing the jury’s decision to convict him of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter charges in Floyd’s May 25, 2020, killing. Chauvin is being kept on “administrative segregation” status for his own safety, Sarah Fitzgerald, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, told The Epoch Times in an email. “Administrative segregation is used when someone’s presence in the general population is a safety concern. It’s unknown how long he will be there,” she said. As part of the effort to keep the former officer safe, he is being housed in the facility Administrative Control unit, the most secure unit inside …
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