Trump Pardons Police Officers Convicted Over Fatal 2020 Police Pursuit

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Karon Hylton-Brown died in 2020 when an unauthorized police pursuit ended in a collision, according to the Department of Justice.

President Donald Trump pardoned two former Washington police officers who were convicted in the 2020 murder of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, the White House said on Jan. 22.

Terence Sutton Jr. was sentenced to 66 months in prison, while Andrew Zabavsky was sentenced to 48 months in September 2024, over โ€œan unauthorized police pursuit that ended in a collision on Oct. 23, 2020, that caused the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, in Northwest Washington D.C.,โ€ the Department of Justice (DOJ) said last year.

The officers remained free pending the outcomes of their appeals.

In a statement, the Metropolitan Police Department said that Sutton, in his early 40s, and Zabavsky, in his mid-50s, were on โ€œindefinite suspension without pay, pending our administration process.โ€

Sutton was found guilty by a unanimous federal jury in late 2022, after a nine-week trial, of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct, and obstruction of justice. The same jury found Zabavsky guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice.

The two officers observed Hylton-Brown driving a moped without a helmet on a sidewalk in the Brightwood Park area of Northwest Washington on Oct. 23, 2020, according to the DOJ.

Hylton-Brown, who was unarmed, allegedly ignored Suttonโ€™s attempt to stop him and drove off. Sutton began pursuing him at high speeds, over more than 10 blocks, until he was eventually struck and killed by an uninvolved oncoming motorist.

โ€œAs Mr. Hylton-Brown lay unconscious in the street in a pool of his own blood, Sutton and Zabavsky, agreed to cover up what Sutton had done to prevent any further investigation of the incident,โ€ the DOJ said in September 2024.

The jury found that Sutton caused Hylton-Brownโ€™s death by driving a police vehicle in โ€œconscious disregardโ€ for an extreme risk of death or serious bodily injury to Hylton-Brown.

The jury also found that Sutton and Zabavsky conspired to hide the circumstances of the traffic crash from officials.

The DOJ said Sutton drafted a police report that โ€œmemorialized a false narrative of the incidentโ€ that gave the impression that no police pursuit had occurred.

Hylton-Brown died after โ€œsuffering from severe head trauma,โ€ the department said.

The DC Police Union had sought a pardon for the two officers.

Trump mentioned the pardons during a press conference on Tuesday. โ€œI just approved it,โ€ Trump said. โ€œThey arrested two officers and put them in jail for going after a criminal.โ€

Byย Katabella Roberts

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