Texas parole board withdraws George Floyd pardon recommendation

[RandySF]

Source: Axios

George Floyd will not be posthumously pardoned for a 2004 Houston drug charge after all because the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles withdrew its recommendation, the Dallas Morning News first reported Thursday.

The big picture: The board had recommended a full pardon for Floyd for the charge, for which he served 10 months in prison. A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) told the Morning News that recommendation "contained procedural errors" and said there had been a "lack of compliance with Board rules."

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[GB_RN]

1. What. The. Absolute...

Fuck? Just like Abbott and company to find some excuse to be dicks and deny this...

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Abbott and Paxton strike again.

[walkingman]

4. Arrogant Bastards

[Mr.Bill]

3. Paperwork botched intentionally? n/t

[Grins]

14. And lose the white supremacist meme...?

Not a chance. It’s like they are admitting they are wrong. And evil. They worked hard to turn Floyd into a monster to keep the bigots and imbeciles in line and they aren’t going to give that up.

[Initech]

5. Fucking assholes!

[monkeyman1]

12. wonder how many people are going to get cold down there in feb.& jan . ??

[BlueIdaho]

6. And a Merry Christmas to you too

Assholes.

[sakabatou]

7. What kind of BS is this?!

[summer_in_TX]

8. Election calculations would be my suspicion.

Base won't like letting a black man off, even posthumously.

Unfu**ingbelievable!

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Did they finally tumble to the fact that George was a POC?

In any case, I'm sure he'd much rather be alive than have a posthumous pardon anyway.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

10. Petty, bitter and vindictive much, Abbott?

[NH Ethylene]

11. What was the reason for the pardon in the first place?

It was an old charge and the man is dead. Was it some kind of gesture?

[NullTuples]

13. He's not wrong.

"A spokesperson for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) told the Morning News that recommendation "contained procedural errors" and said there had been a "lack of compliance with Board rules.""

The recommendation gave the appearance of choosing a Black man over the police officers involved, and that will never do...in Republican Texas.