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A pardon “wouldn’t erase the memory, personal or institutional, of this thing that happened to George Floyd, Mathis said, continuing by saying it would also not erase things that would happen to him later.
But it would show that the state of Texas is interested in fundamental fairness, in admitting its mistakes, and in working to increase the accountability for police officers who break our trust and their oaths, and harm our people rather than serve them,” she said.
The pardon application was made public Monday by a reporter with The Marshall Project.
In a statement to KHOU-11, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said that she supported the pardon, commenting that her office had looked into a posthumous pardon before.
Publishing date: Apr 20, 2021 • 23 minutes ago • 5 minute read • Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is handcuffed to be led away after a jury found him guilty of all charges in his trial for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20, 2021 in a still image from video. Photo by Pool via REUTERS /Pool via REUTERS
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MINNEAPOLIS Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on Tuesday of murdering George Floyd, a milestone in the fraught racial history of the United States and a rebuke of law enforcement’s treatment of Black Americans.
The 12-member jury found Chauvin, 45, guilty of all charges including second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter after considering three weeks…