The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a request to have George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest.
The board had initially recommended the pardon to Gov. Greg Abbott in October 2021, but reversed its decision in December 2021, citing “procedural errors” in its recommendation and saying it needed to reconsider more than a third of a group of 67 clemency applications it had sent to the governor.
