Trump pardons two officers involved in 2020 death of Black man and cover-up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : "This action by President Trump makes clear that our brave law enforcement officers will now be supported by the federal government when they do the right thing in service to their communities.
52% : " The announcement came after Trump told reporters they were working on getting pardons for the two officers during a press conference on Tuesday, when he issued pardons for some 1,500 people convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to prevent Joe Biden from being certified as the 46th president of the United States.
41% : The White House issued separatestatements Wednesday announcing that Trump had issued "full and unconditional" pardons to former Washington, D.C., police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton.
41% : Anti-police bias and political expediency drove politicians and prosecutors to pursue these officers with reckless disregard for the facts of the case," it said in a statement.
25% : " Hylton-Brown was a U.S. citizen, according to police, CNN reported, and not in the country illegally, as Trump stated.
23% : Trump was being prosecuted at the time he won election in November for attempting to overturn the 2020 election result, resulting in the Jan. 6 insurrection in which about 140 police were injured.
22% : In explanation, Trump said the two officers, whom he did not mention by name, "went after an illegal and things happened and they ended up putting them in jail.
9% : On Tuesday night, Trump had also issued a controversial pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the dark web Silk Road marketplace where illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and services were bought and sold by more than 100,000 people.

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