Texas Gov. Tosses George Floyd’s Posthumous Pardon Over ‘Procedural Errors’

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his list of annual pardons on Thursday—a holiday tradition, per The Dallas Morning News—and one name was noticeably absent: George Floyd. The state Board of Pardons and Parole unanimously recommended Floyd be considered for clemency but it was rejected because the documentation “contained procedural errors and lack of compliance with Board rules,” a spokesman for Abbott said.

To be tossed over a technicality “smacks of something untoward,” Allison Mathis, the Houston public defender who advocated for Floyd’s legacy, told the Morning News. “Greg Abbott and his political appointees have let their politics triumph over the right thing to do and what is clearly is justice. This is actually outrageous.”

In 2004, Floyd pleaded guilty to selling $10 worth of crack during a Houston police sting operation. Read more at The Dallas Morning News.

{Matzav.com}

5 COMMENTS

  1. Why wast a parden on a dead monster. Yes his murder was despicable and hopefully the monster of a killer officer will sit his time for that. But that doesn’t discount Floyd’s history.

  2. Why pardon the person who was a career criminal, even if he was unjustly killed?
    If to prepare him for sainthood, the ones who elevated him to St. George of Minneapolis could care less about his character and life choices.
    Haven’t we all heard enough about him?

  3. Actually, the State Board of Pardons itself withdrew the recommendation, due to Floyd’s noncompliance with his parole conditions.
    It’s too bad that a cop ended up killing him, because he was either going to peiger from drugs, or be shot by another Floyd-looking person any day.

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