2 DC officers may receive pardons after convictions in fatal 2020 chase [View all]

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2 DC officers may receive pardons after convictions in fatal 2020 chase

Luke Lukert | llukert@wtop.com
January 22, 2025, 10:12 AM

Two D.C. police officers are expected to receive a presidential pardon after they were sentenced on charges related to a 2020 chase that ended in the death of a man riding a moped.

The District’s police union said they are working with President Donald Trump to secure the two pardons for the officers convicted in Karon Hylton-Brown’s death.

Trump highlighted the case while signing a flurry of executive orders and pardons on Monday.

“We are looking at two police officers, actually, Washington police officers, that went after an illegal and things happened and they ended up putting them in jail. They got five-year jail sentences. You know the case,” the president said as he was signing orders. “And we’re looking at that in order to give them, uh, we gotta give them a break.”

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Luke Lukert
Since joining WTOP Luke Lukert has held just about every job in the newsroom from producer to web writer and now he works as a full-time reporter. He is an avid fan of UGA football. Go Dawgs!
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