Texas governor pardons man who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020
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Source: the Guardian
Greg Abbott on Thursday pardoned Daniel Perry, who has been serving a 25-year sentence since 2023 murder conviction
Nick Robins-Early and agencies
Thu 16 May 2024 18.31 EDT
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas issued a full pardon on Thursday to a former US army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice.
Abbott announced the pardon just minutes after the Texas board of pardons and paroles disclosed it had made a unanimous recommendation that Daniel Perry be pardoned and have his firearms rights restored. Perry has been held in state prison on a 25-year sentence since his conviction in 2023.
The Republican governor had previously ordered the board to review Perrys case and said earlier that he would sign a pardon if recommended. The board, which is appointed by the governor, announced its unanimous recommendation in a message posted on the agency website, and Abbotts pardon swiftly followed.
A jury in Austin had convicted Perry of murder in the death of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, an air force veteran who had been legally carrying an AK-47 while marching in a Black Lives Matter protest. Perry was working as a ride-share driver in July 2020, when he turned his car on to a street crowded with demonstrators and shot Foster before driving off.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/texas-greg-abbott-pardons-daniel-perry
Traurigkeit
(811 posts)If St. Peter is in a good mood, if not he'll kick Greg off the edge.
Chi67
(1,096 posts)Abbott needs to be impeached.
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Docreed2003
(16,934 posts)What possible justification could Abbott have for this pardon, other that the rw blogosphere nonsense? This is stomach turning.
OMGWTF
(4,041 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,600 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,969 posts)AnrothElf
(827 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,406 posts)Polybius
(15,624 posts)TomSlick
(11,209 posts)Neither do I.