Gerald Goines arrested George Floyd in 2004 but the former officer is now facing a number of criminal charges himself.
Allison Mathis, from the Harris County Public Defender's Office, submitted the request for Mr Floyd's pardon on Monday, alleging that Goines also made up a confidential informant in that case.
Ms Mathis said nobody"bothered to question the word of a veteran cop against that of a previously-convicted black man". Mr Floyd had pleaded guilty to avoid the 25 years he could have received due to his criminal history, she added. A pardon"wouldn't erase the memory, personal or institutional, of this thing that happened to him, or the things that would happen to him later," she said.
"It would show that the state of Texas is interested in fundamental fairness, in admitting its mistakes, and in working to increase the accountability for police officers who break our trust and their oaths, and harm our people rather than serve them."knelt on his neck for several minutes during an arrest for allegedly trying to use a fake $20 note.
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