George Floyd death cop Derek Chauvin ‘moved to one of the most secure prisons after reports he was on “suicide watch”‘
THE cop accused of killing George Floyd has been transferred to a maximum-security prison for inmates after it was reported he was "effectively on suicide watch".
Derek Chauvin, 44, was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection with last Monday.
Since then, riots have broken out across the US by those protesting brutality and racism — sparking the arrests of at least 4,100 people since Tuesday.
The facility holds up to 473 inmates and “is the highest custody level” in the state’s correctional department.
As of Monday, the facility 297 people accused of murder, 69 sexual predators, and eight kidnappers.
DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell told reporters on Sunday transferring inmates like this isn’t uncommon.
Schnell added the same thing happened to Mohamed Noor, the former Minneapolis officer who was later convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Justine Damond.
During his 19-year career, Chauvin before Floyd's death.
On Sunday, as he tried to break up a gathering, according to police.
President Donald Trump was reportedly as heated , as more than 50 Secret Service agents were said to be injured from protests.