Texas governor will attempt to pardon convicted murderer who shot BLM protestor
Over the weekend, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced he will seek to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of killing a protestor during the 2020 George Floyd uprising. A jury found Sgt. Daniel Perry guilty of the murder of Garrett Foster, as well as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” Abbott explained in a tweet.
Before heading to the Black Lives Matter protest to commit the murder, Perry posted on Twitter that he “might have to kill a few people on my way to work” before the ride-share contractor drove his car into the Austin protest. He then proceeded to shoot Foster, who was legally carrying an AK-47, while he was pushing his fiancée in a wheelchair. Perry’s defense team argued he was acting in self-defense, though he told police after the incident that Foster never raised his weapon.
Abbott will need more than just a tweet to subvert the legal system: The Board of Pardons and Paroles must recommend Perry be pardoned, which Abbott has requested.
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