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| Greg Abbott working to 'swiftly' pardon Army Sergeant convicted of murder in Black Lives Matter riot |
| 2023-04-09 |
| [FoxNews] Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he intends to seek a pardon for an Army sergeant recently convicted of murder for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester during an anti-police demonstration in 2020. "I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry," the Texas Republican tweeted Saturday along with a statement on how his office will go about a pardon. Abbott said in his tweet that pardons in Texas must be recommended by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. "I have made that request and instructed the board to expedite its review," Abbott said. The governor said he looks forward to signing the pardon as soon as it reaches his desk. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted of murder on Friday for shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester holding an AK-47 after the gun was raised toward him. The Austin Police Department concluded at the time that Perry acted in self-defense. Perry, who was stationed at Fort Hood at the time of the shooting, was driving for Uber to make extra money in downtown Austin on the night of July 25, 2020, when he encountered a large crowd of protesters. They were illegally blocking city streets that night, according to police, as protesters in Austin and elsewhere had done during the weeks of rioting. Among the protesters was 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was carrying an AK-47. Perry's defense team says the demonstrators encircled and starting pounding on his vehicle and that Foster raised the firearm at Perry, prompting him to open fire with a handgun he legally carried for self-defense. "When Garrett Foster pointed his AK-47 at Daniel Perry, Daniel had two tenths of a second to defend himself. He chose to live," Doug O’Connell, an attorney for Perry, told Fox News Digital in a statement last year. "It may be legal in Texas to carry an assault rifle in downtown Austin. It doesn’t make it a good idea. If you point a firearm at someone, you’re responsible for everything that happens next." Abbott said Texas has one of the "strongest stand your ground" laws in the country that "cannot be "nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney." Related: Greg Abbott: 2023-03-26 Operation Lone Star: More than 30,000 foreign nationals turned back to Mexico Greg Abbott: 2023-03-16 Texas announces takeover of Houston schools Greg Abbott: 2023-02-28 Texas sheriff warns that America is experiencing a 'silent invasion' of military age men Related: Daniel Perry: 2023-04-08 Army sergeant is CONVICTED of murdering AK-47-wielding Black Lives Matter protester by shooting him dead during July 2020 riots in wake of George Floyd murder Daniel Perry: 2021-09-12 Travis County DA Garza, Austin Acting Police Chief Accused of Retaliation in High-Profile Shooting Case Daniel Perry: 2021-08-05 Austin Star Police Detective Accuses DA Jose Garza's Office of Criminal Witness Tampering in High-Profile Case |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #2 Will it happen? In Texas it is not in the control of the governor. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2023-04-09 18:23 |
| #1 Good. What a travesty that conviction was. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-04-09 13:28 |