A Jury Found 2 DC Cops Covered Up the Murder of a Black Man that was Committed by Police. Trump Pardoned Both Before They Served a Day in Jail

Karen Hylton doesn’t pretend her son was an angel. 

She does believe, though, that he didn’t deserve to die alone on a Washington, D.C., street, bleeding from trauma inflicted after a police chase that investigators said never should have happened.

“You murdered my child, then you lied about it,” she said.

Federal prosecutors agreed with her, and brought two Washington police officers to trial. A jury agreed with her, convicting one officer of murder and both of obstructing justice. A judge agreed with her, sentencing one officer to five years and another to four years in prison.

President Donald Trump did not agree. 

He pardoned the two officers before either served a day behind bars. Based on that pardon, one was reinstated and remains a police officer, a move that the Office of the D.C. Auditor called “dismaying.” [MORE]