[RedState] Fourteen Democrat Attorneys General have asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to open a federal civil rights investigation of Daniel Perry for his role in the death of Antifa thug Garrett Foster in Austin, TX, in July 2020. Perry was convicted on state murder charges despite a police investigation finding he'd acted in self-defense when Foster brandished a semi-automatic weapon while Perry's car was trapped by mostly peaceful George Floyd protesters. He was pardoned on May 16 by Texas Governor Greg Abbot.
The letter, coordinated by New York Attorney General Letitia James, demands Garland do something about "stand your ground" laws. However, in Perry's case, he was in a car that was prevented from moving by an Antifa mob, so he didn't have a lot of options. These laws, claims James, "encourage vigilantes to attend protests armed and ready to shoot and kill those who exercise their First Amendment rights." She elides right over the fact that Foster brought an AK (or AK knockoff) to the demonstration and was killed for sticking it in the wrong man's face.
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