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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:21 AM Jun 2020

Ogg: Case involving George Floyd was among Goines cases being reviewed by prosecutors

HOUSTON – A 16-year-old drug case involving George Floyd was among the hundreds of cases connected to ex-Houston police Officer Gerald Goines that are being reviewed by prosecutors, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

Speaking to Khambrel Marshall during an interview that will air on Sunday’s edition of Houston Newsmakers, Ogg said that Floyd, a Houston native who died while being detained by police in Minnesota on Memorial Day, was convicted by Goines as part of a single-witness drug case in 2004.

Cases involving Goines were questioned after he was charged with murder and tampering with a government record in connection with the 2019 raid on a Harding Street home that ended with officers shooting and killing Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas. Goines is accused of lying on the affidavit used to obtain the warrant that led to the raid. County prosecutors have said they anticipate having to clear more than 100 cases involving Goines.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/06/05/ogg-case-involving-george-floyd-was-among-goines-cases-being-reviewed-by-prosecutors/

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Ogg: Case involving George Floyd was among Goines cases being reviewed by prosecutors (Original Post) douglas9 Jun 2020 OP
Police lying in criminal cases is another enormous aspect of police malfeasance Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2020 #1
Worth Putting Up In 'General Discussion', Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #2
Agreed. If this was a conviction based on false evidence or perjury Vogon_Glory Jun 2020 #3
If This Officer Is The Sole Witness, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #4

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,773 posts)
1. Police lying in criminal cases is another enormous aspect of police malfeasance
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jun 2020

They don't care if the real criminal is free to commit more crimes.

The police just want convictions. Period.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
2. Worth Putting Up In 'General Discussion', Sir
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 09:04 AM
Jun 2020

There are people trying to make a lot of hay off this conviction, and its dubious nature should be more widely known.

Vogon_Glory

(9,084 posts)
3. Agreed. If this was a conviction based on false evidence or perjury
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:48 PM
Jun 2020

The falsehood ought to be thrown in the right-wingers’ faces.

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
4. If This Officer Is The Sole Witness, Sir
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 01:51 PM
Jun 2020

That the conviction is based on a perjury is a fair presumption. The man seems to have done a good deal of 'testi-lying'....

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