Pardon request submitted for George Floyd in 2004 Texas case

Prosecutors allege Mr Goines, 56, lied to obtain the warrant to search the couple’s home by claiming a confidential informant had bought heroin there. Mr Goines later said there was no informant and that he had bought the drugs himself, they allege.

A woman pays her respects at George Floyd at a mural at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. An application has been lodged to pardon a 2004 drugs conviction against Mr Floyd (Julio Cortez/AP)

A posthumous pardon request was submitted on Monday to Texas officials on behalf of George Floyd for a 2004 drug arrest conducted by a now indicted ex-Houston police officer whose case history is under scrutiny following a deadly drug raid.

The May 2020 killing of Mr Floyd, who was black, by white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin prompted worldwide protests against racial injustice. Chauvin was convicted last week of murder and manslaughter for Mr Floyd’s killing.