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Marjorie Taylor Greene is Leading the Charge
The Inevitable Pardon of George Floyd’s Killers
I wrote about this in January, and the march toward a federal pardon for Derek Chauvin is moving forward, with Marjorie Taylor Greene leading the pack. Chauvin was convicted on both federal and state charges. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz indicated that if Chauvin is pardoned on the federal charges, he will be transferred from a cushy federal prison to a Minnesota state prison. Chauvin might want to be careful what he wishes for. On the other hand, a pardon on state charges will become a political issue in the next election for governor.
Donald Trump announced on January 22, 2025, that former MPD officers Andrew Zabavsky and Terence Sutton would receive full and unconditional pardons. Sutton was found guilty of second-degree murder, and both he and Zabavsky were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction.
On Oct. 23, 2020, then-Lietuenant Zabavsky and Officer Sutton said they saw Karon Hylton-Brown operating an electric moped without a helmet on the sidewalk in the Brightwood Park area of Northwest D.C.
The officers attempted to make a traffic stop. Prosecutors say a pursuit began and continued on neighborhood streets for more than 10 blocks at “unreasonable speeds,” at one point going the wrong way up a…
