‘Shanksgiving’ Switch-up: Ex-Mexican Gangster Who Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times Drops Lawyers To Defend Himself In Attempted Murder Trial

There’s
another
plot
twist
in
the

“Shanksgiving”
stabbing
of

Derek
Chauvin,
the
former
Minneapolis
cop
who
killed
George
Floyd
in
2020.
The
inmate
who
allegedly
planned
the
Black
Friday
attack,
“symbolic
with
the
Black
Lives
Matter
movement,”
plans
to
represent
himself
in
court.

Source:
Hennepin
County
Jail
/
Hennepin
County
Jail

If
you
thought
the
Shanksgiving
shenanigans
were
over,
it
sounds
like
they’re
just
getting
started.
As
John
Turscak
prepares
to
face
trial
for
the
attempted
murder
of
Chauvin,
he’s
taking
the
case
into
his
own
hands.
Considering
the
corrupt
cop
survived
22
stab
wounds,
Turscak’s
hands
don’t
exactly
have
the
best
track
record.

Radar
Online
reports
the
former
Mexican
gang
member
wants
to
drop
his
attorneys.
The
suspected
stabber’s
public
defenders
filed
to
withdraw
from
the
case
with
Arizona’s
federal
court.
He
faces
charges
of
attempted
murder,
assault
with
intent
to
commit
murder,
and
assault
with
a
dangerous
weapon
for
the
prison
stabbing.

“Mr.
Turscak
would
like
to
appear
in pro
se,”
meaning
representing
yourself
in
court,
“and
requests
that
a
hearing
be
set
on
this
request
and
motion
as
soon
as
possible,”
the
motion
stated.

Although
the
filing
states
how
Turscak
wants
to
move
forward
quickly
and
on
his
own,
there
is
no
explanation.
The
deeper
he
gets
into
the
shenanigans
that
made
“Shanksgiving”
trend
over
Thanksgiving
weekend,
the
stranger
this
case
gets.

See
what
went
down
in
John
Turscak’s
court
appearance
last
week
and
what
he
said
about
stabbing
Derek
Chauvin
22
times.

John
Turscak
Allegedly
Claimed
He
Stabbed
Derek
Chauvin
On
Black
Friday
For
“Black
Lives
Matter”

Source:
Alexander
Semenov
/
Getty

There
are
still
more
questions
than
answers
about
the
Derek
Chauvin
stabbing,
but
not
because
John
Turscak
isn’t
talking.
According
to
federal
prosecutors,
the
Arizona
inmate
had
plenty
to
say
about
the
attack
that
took
place
on
Nov.
24.
He
seemingly
revealed
some
of
his
mysterious
reasons
for
how
and
why
he
targeted
the
convicted
killer.

As BOSSIP
previously
reported,
Turscak
allegedly
spent
weeks
planning
to
stick
Chauvin
like
a
pig.
He
claimed
he
selected
“Black
Friday”
because
it
was
“symbolic
with
the
Black
Lives
Matter
movement
and
the
‘Black
Hand’
symbol
associated
with
the
Mexican
Mafia
criminal
organization,”
which
he
used
to
be
part
of.

When
the
day
arrived,
authorities
reported
a
fellow
inmate
repeatedly
stabbed
Chauvin
in
the
law
library
with
an
“improvised
knife.”
When
questioned
by
FBI
agents
two
days
after
the
attacks,
Turscak
waived
his

Miranda rights
in
the
interview.

According
to
prosecutors,
Turscak
“denied
wanting
to
kill
D.C.
However,
Turscak
stated
that
he
had
been
thinking
about
assaulting
D.C.
for
approximately
one
month
because
D.C.
is
a
high-profile
inmate.”

The
criminal
complaint
continued,
“Turscak
told
corrections
officers
that
he
would
have
killed
D.C.
[Chauvin]
had
they
not
responded
so
quickly.”

Turscak
Sang
A
Different
Tune
In
Court
After
Allegedly
Admitting
To
The
“Shanksgiving”
Stabbing
Of
Derek
Chauvin

Despite
past
statements
seemingly
confessing
to
carving
up
Chauvin,
Turscak
pleaded
not
guilty
in
court
on
Jan.
5.
With
the
52-year-old
acting
as
his
own
attorney,
this
trial
will
be
a
memorable
one.
Magistrate
Judge
Lynnette
C.
Kimmins
agreed
to
excuse
his
public
defenders
in
a
hearing
on
Jan.
11.

Federal
prosecutors
are
trying
to
lock
everything
down
with
a
protective
order
“to
seal
the
crime
scene
video
and
photographs
from
the
public,”
according
to

Radar
Online.

“The
video
could
also
reveal
the
identity
of
inmate
witnesses.
The
crime
scene
photos,
taken
after
the
attempted
murder
and
after
the
victim
was
transported
to
the
hospital,
are
graphic
because
of
the
amount
of
blood
depicted,”
the
motion
said.

When
the
news
broke
that
Chauvin’s
attacker
only
had
a
few
years
left
in
his
sentence,
many
comments
suspected
that
Turscak
felt
safer
behind
bars.
In
1997,
he
agreed
to
snitch
on
the
Mexican
Mafia
for
an
investigation
that
led
to
charges
for
more
than
40
people
associated
with
the
Mexican
Mafia.
Then,
Turscak
burned
bridges
with
the
FBI,
too.

The
feds
withdrew
Turscak’s
deal
for
admitting
to
“dealing
drugs,
extorting
money,
and
authorizing
assaults”
while
working
as
an
informant.
He
received
a
30-year
sentence
in
a
plea
deal
for
racketeering
and
conspiracy
to
commit
murder.
There
were
only
2.5
years
left
until
his
scheduled
release
on
June
3,
2026.