Have you subscribed to the Grio podcasts, ‘Dear Culture’ or Acting Up? Download our newest episodes now! This article contains additional reporting from theGRIO’s Biba Adams and Stephanie Guerilus. “Unfortunately, even with this law enforcement support and further compromises we offered, there was still too wide a gulf with our negotiating partners and we faced significant obstacles to securing a bipartisan deal,” the New Jersey Democrat said. Booker confirmed the impasse in a statement. However, sources told CBS News that the talks have been abandoned. The measures would include restricting certain practices, training and more transparency for officers, and limiting qualified immunity. Karen Bass, and other lawmakers have been working together to form a consensus that would see legislation enacted to increase accountability for police officers for months. Meanwhile, as previously reported on theGRIO, in September, the bipartisan push for federal police reform in the aftermath of Floyd’s murder collapsed in Congress. He later pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 10 months in jail. We urge Governor Abbott to follow the board’s recommendation and grant clemency.”įloyd was arrested in 2004 for selling $10 worth of crack to an undercover police officer.
Floyd’s conviction and agree these circumstances warrant a posthumous pardon. “We lament the loss of former Houstonian George Floyd and hope that his family finds comfort in Monday’s decision,” Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement. The recommendation for clemency will now head to the desk of Governor Greg Abbott, who has not commented on whether or not he will sign off on the request. People carry posters with George Floyd on them as they march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr.
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