‘Blatant Racism’: Trump Pardons Two White D.C. Officers Convicted In Death of Black Man Stopped For Not Wearing Helmet While Riding Moped on Sidewalk, Leaving Family Outraged

Family members of a Black man whose death was covered up by two cops following a police chase in Washington D.C. expressed disappointment and shock at news of the officers’ pardons from President Donald Trump. Trump issued “full and unconditional” pardons to Lt. Andrew Zabavsky and Metropolitan police officer Terence Sutton who were convicted for their roles in the 2020 death of Karon Hylton-Brown. Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Terence Sutton (Photo: Change.org) On Oct. 23, 2020, both cops spotted 20-year-old Hylton-Brown driving a moped on a sidewalk without a helmet. They tried to conduct a traffic stop, but when Hylton-Brown didn’t stop, they chased him. The high-speed pursuit spanned more than 10 blocks and ended when an uninvolved motorist crashed into the moped, leaving Hylton-Brown seriously injured. Prosecutors accused Sutton and Zabavsky of covering up the incident after learning they turned off their body cameras to speak privately with one another, tampered with the scene, and misled their commanding officers about the nature of the incident. Investigators learned that both cops allowed the motorist who struck Hylton-Brown to leave the scene 20 minutes after the crash. Sutton also drove his police vehicle over the crash site to crush pieces...