Probe of Old Drug Cases Raises Questions About 2004 George Floyd Arrest

[SummerMadness]

Probe of Old Drug Cases Raises Questions About 2004 George Floyd Arrest

In many of Houston’s struggling neighborhoods, a black undercover narcotics officer worked for decades, making bust after bust.

He often focused not on drug kingpins, but on those much farther down the supply chain, many of them residents of public housing projects where people still dried their laundry on clotheslines. The officer, Gerald M. Goines, made numerous arrests for “dime rocks” — a tiny amount of crack cocaine worth $10. Over a 30-year career, he helped send hundreds of people to jail, the majority of them African-Americans.

Mr. Goines is at the center of one of the biggest police scandals in Houston’s history, after a botched drug raid he orchestrated led to the death of a local couple in their home in 2019. Prosecutors said Mr. Goines had lied about drug transactions happening at the house in order to obtain a no-knock warrant for the raid, and that as a result, thousands of cases that he and his narcotics squad handled were under review.

So far, more than 100 people whom Mr. Goines helped arrest over an 11-year period are on track to have their cases dismissed and three others have either had their convictions overturned or judges have concluded that they were innocent.

One bad apple can ruin the lives of hundreds. This is why review and reform of the system is critical to prevent such abuses.

 

[Tinker Grey]

Your text doesn't reference Floyd. I take it that Goines arrested Floyd in 2004?

 

[Hank77]

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/arti...ug-cases-tied-to-ex-texas-cop-to-be-dismissed

For those who can't read the NYT article. No, this one does not mention Floyd.

 

[Tinker Grey]

The NYT article does indicate that Floyd was arrested by Goines. (Sentenced to jail for $10 drug transaction. Sheesh, our system needs reform.)

 

[SummerMadness]

The NYT article does indicate that Floyd was arrested by Goines. (Sentenced to jail for $10 drug transaction. Sheesh, our system needs reform.)

Yes, Goines arrested Floyd back in 2004, it's one of the reasons he left Houston. But as we have seen before, this arrest is suspect considering the misconduct of Goines.

 

[disciple Clint]

Probe of Old Drug Cases Raises Questions About 2004 George Floyd Arrest


One bad apple can ruin the lives of hundreds. This is why review and reform of the system is critical to prevent such abuses.

Looks like Mr Floyd had several encounters with the police only two of them seem remarkable.

 

[Broken Fence]

Ok so there is good police and bad police. Because of this of course no police is the right choice. Criminals will stop commiting crimes if the police don't arrest them. I hope America understands if we have no police citizens will have to take the law into their own hands to protect themselves.

 

[SummerMadness]

Ok so there is good police and bad police. Because of this of course no police is the right choice. Criminals will stop commiting crimes if the police don't arrest them. I hope America understands if we have no police citizens will have to take the law into their own hands to protect themselves.

Hey, look it's that same tired argument. Demanding a system with accountability leads to quips about "all police" or "no police" used as a rebuttal. Nothing like that was stated, but the usual suspects always resort to a straw man that was never stated.