A request to grant George Floyd a full posthumous pardon is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after a public defender alleged Floyd was framed in a 2004 drug bust by a former Houston police detective now indicted on murder charges.
President Joe Biden plans to meet with the Floyd family on Tuesday at the White House.a full posthumous pardon is headed to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's desk after a public defender alleged Floyd was framed in a 2004 drug bust by a former Houston police detective now indicted on murder charges.
Mathis filed the request in April, writing in the petition that a"pardon is being sought because it is just and right to clear a conviction that is not supported by evidence." In August 2019, Goines was charged with two counts of murder related to a botched narcotics raid at a home in southeast Houston. Goines' police colleague, Steven Bryant, pleaded guilty in June to federal charges of falsifying records and interfering with a government investigation in an attempt to help Goines cover up an illegally obtained"no-knock" warrant on the Houston home of Rhogena Nicholas and her husband, Dennis Tuttle.
Ogg released a statement on Monday supporting the Board of Pardons and Paroles' recommendation to grant Floyd clemency.
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