George Floyd: Houstonian’s 2004 arrest by former HPD officer Gerald Goines denied pardon, lawyer Allison Mathis says!

Houston, Texas (KTRK) – George Floyd’s recorded criminal past, including the arrest of a police officer in Houston, continues to leave the department in disgrace, as is for the foreseeable future.

ABC13 learned Thursday that the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused to remove Houston’s one-time 2004 arrest linked to Gerald Goins, the central figure in the failed 2019 Harding Street raid, from its record.

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Allison Mattis, the Harris County public defender who applied for Parson Floyd in April 2021, told Eyewitness News that she received a letter from the board of directors denying his pardon.

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Eyewitness News has requested and is waiting for a copy of the letter.

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Goins faces a charge of premeditated murder over a botched 2019 drug raid on a home that killed Dennis Tuttle and Regina Nicholas. After conducting an investigation into the raid, prosecutors later added that several people, including Floyd, may have been convicted based on the false evidence Goins provided.

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Most cases involve the delivery of a controlled substance and ranged from a few months in the Harris County Jail to four years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The time evaluated by the DA’s post-conviction department is from 2008 to 2019.

In a June 2020 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg concluded that Goins likely lied when he arrested Floyd for a minor drug offense, as Floyd spent time in a state prison.

In October 2021, the same committee that rejected Floyd’s request unanimously recommended a pardon.

While it appears that Floyd’s family was on the verge of receiving pardon from their loved ones, that never happened, at least not soon. Two months later, in December 2021, Floyd’s name was not among the eight approved by Governor Greg Abbott.

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“The Pardon and Parole Board withdrew 25 pardon recommendations that contained procedural errors and non-compliance with the Board’s rules,” Renee Ize, Abbott’s press secretary, said at the time. “Among the recommendations withdrawn was one related to George Floyd. The Board will review and resolve procedural errors and issues regarding any pending applications in accordance with their rules. As a result of the Board withdrawing the recommendation regarding George Floyd, Governor Abbott did not take the opportunity to consider the matter. Governor Abbott will review all recommendations submitted for consideration by the Board of Directors.

So what will happen next?

Floyd’s application can be entered again in two years. Mattis did not immediately say if that would happen.

See also: What is being done for police reform and the legacy of George Floyd two years after his death?

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