Texas governor considers George Floyd pardon for 2004 conviction

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Gov. Greg Abbott has yet to decide if he will issue the posthumous pardon.

Doling out pardons is a holiday tradition for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who around every Christmas grants them to a handful of ordinary citizens, typically for minor offenses committed years or decades ago.

But one name stands out on his desk: George Floyd.


In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Damarra Atkins pays her respects to George Floyd at a mural at George Floyd Square, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Abbott has not said whether he will posthumously pardon Floyd this year for a 2004 drug arrest in Houston by a former officer whose police work is no longer trusted by prosecutors. Texas’ parole board – stacked with Abbott appointees – unanimously recommended a pardon for Floyd in October.

Since then, the two-term Republican governor, who is up for reelection in 2022, has given no indication of whether he will grant what would be only the second posthumous pardon in Texas history. Floyd, who was Black, spent much of his life in Houston before moving to Minnesota, where his death under the knee of a white police officer last year led to a U.S. reckoning on race and policing.

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