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Texas denies a posthumous pardon for George Floyd over a drug charge

George Floyd Gerald Goines United States Texas Police Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles Houston Derek Chauvin Greg Abbott

A person reacts in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021, after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. (Morry Gash/AP)

HOUSTON — A Texas board on Thursday declined a request that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest made by a now-indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles in October 2021 had initially decided to unanimously recommend that Floyd become just the second person in Texas since 2010 to receive a posthumous pardon from the governor.

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