{"id":461047,"date":"2021-04-28T19:20:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461047"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:20:35","slug":"houston-da-pushing-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd-over-2004-drug-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-da-pushing-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd-over-2004-drug-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston DA Pushing Posthumous Pardon For George Floyd Over 2004 Drug Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouston-da-pushing-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd-over-2004-drug-charge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461047&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3984.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office is pushing to grant George Floyd a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug charge.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd died in Minneapolis last year. Last week, a jury found former police officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-jury-finds-derek-chauvin-guilty\">Derek Chauvin<\/a> guilty of murdering Floyd while attempting to arrest him for passing counterfeit currency at a convenience store.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Floyd pleaded guilty to a charge of delivery of a controlled substance after former Houston police officer Gerald Goines claimed he caught Floyd dealing cocaine. A Harris County public defender said in a request on Monday that Goines may have fabricated the evidence, and Floyd pleaded guilty to avoid a sentence harsher than the 10 months he served in state prison after.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a good man who is missed dearly by friends and family,\u201d Harris County public defender Allison Mathis wrote of Floyd in the request, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/houston-texas\/houston\/article\/Public-defender-asks-for-George-Floyd-to-be-16130037.php\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>. \u201cBut this pardon is being sought because it is just and right to clear a conviction that is not supported by evidence with the new information that has come to light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Kim Ogg announced her support for the pardon on Monday in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/george-floyd\/posthumous-pardon-george-floyd-2004-drug-charge\/285-d07f5cf6-8bfb-486d-ac57-ec7fcf0568cb\">KHOU 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs part of our ongoing investigation of police corruption exposed by the Harding Street killings, we looked into posthumous relief for a 2004 drug conviction that ensnared George Floyd in the criminal justice system so long ago,\u201d Ogg said. \u201cProsecutors determined in 2019 that Floyd had been convicted on the lone word of Gerald Goines, a police officer we could no longer trust; we fully support a request that the Governor now pardon George Floyd from that drug conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities determined that Goines, who is charged with murder after two people died in a January 2019 police drug raid, may have fabricated evidence for hundreds of drug arrests. Prosecutors have dropped hundreds of cases involving Goines, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/04\/26\/george-floyd-texas-attorney-pardon-posthumous-arrest-gerald-goines\/7392283002\/\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd\u2019s death sparked a massive wave of protests and riots last year over alleged systemic racism in law enforcement. Chauvin was convicted of murdering Floyd last week, however, no evidence during the trial was shown to support allegations that Chauvin is racist or that racism contributed to Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the verdict in Chauvin\u2019s trial, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrat-maxine-waters-on-if-derek-chauvin-is-acquitted-get-more-confrontational-on-the-street\">Maxine Waters<\/a> (D-CA) traveled to Minneapolis to join protesters in calling for Chauvin to be found guilty. The U.S. lawmaker pushed activists to get \u201cmore confrontational\u201d to get what they want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict. We\u2019re looking for a guilty verdict. And we\u2019re looking to see if all of this [inaudible] that took place and has been taking place after they saw what happened to George Floyd,\u201d Waters said. \u201cIf nothing does not happen, then we know, that we\u2019ve got to not only stay in the street, but we\u2019ve got to fight for justice, but I am very hopefully and I hope that we\u2019re going to get a verdict that will say guilty, guilty, guilty. And if we don\u2019t, we cannot go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what protesters should do, Waters responded, \u201cWe\u2019ve got to get more active. [We\u2019ve] got to get more confrontational. [We\u2019ve] got to make sure that they know we mean business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office is pushing to grant George Floyd a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug charge.Floyd died in Minneapolis last year. 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