Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

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Source: Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

BY WILLIAM MELHADO MAY 16, 2024 2:59 PM CENTRAL

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More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester in Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a full pardon.

A Texas state district court judge sentenced Perry in May 2023 to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing U.S. Air Force veteran Garrett Foster during a 2020 demonstration protesting police brutality against people of color.

One day after a jury convicted Perry, Abbott directed the parole board to review the former U.S. Army sergeant’s case.

“Among the voluminous files reviewed by the Board, they considered information provided by the Travis County District Attorney, the full investigative report on Daniel Perry, plus a review of all the testimony provided at trial,” Abbott said in a statement announcing the proclamation that absolved Perry. “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.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/16/daniel-perry-greg-abbott-pardon/

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Pardons “White Power” Killer
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/05/texas-gov-greg-abbott-pardons-white-power-killer/
May 16, 2024

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[LeftInTX]

1. Gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[moonshinegnomie]

2. abbott is a waste of oxygen

[GB_RN]

4. Shit...

That asshole is a waste of every molecule in his worthless body.

Fucking Greg “Mealz on Wheelz” Abbott (Q-Racists & Ammosexuals). The tree that fell on him, resulting in his wheelchair use, should have dropped a fraction of a second earlier. The world would be a better place.

[cstanleytech]

6. Actually he's a waste of space period, it's just to bad his father didn't manage to pull out in time

[mopinko]

10. he's a waste of a rly good wheelchair.

[ZonkerHarris]

3. abbott is scum. fucking klansman

[walkingman]

5. Very important that he did this before speaking at the NRA Convention - a real scumbag.

[bluestarone]

7. Monsters will be Monsters.

THIS is exactly wht TFG will do!

[Gore1FL]

8. I wonder how many lives could have been saved if the tree had better aim. nt

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

9. Wow. Fuck Texas

I refuse to visit or spend any money there

[PortTack]

17. Same!

[DJ Porkchop]

11. Abbott should serve out the rest of Perry's term for doing this.

Get fucked, Greg.

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Wow, GQP now pardons murderers. So much for the 'Law and Order Party'.

[walkingman]

13. Abbott is so vile - Perry actually drove down to Austin when he heard of the BLM protests

happening. This is from Wikipedia -

Perry had made numerous posts and direct messages on social media where he had expressed his desire to shoot protesters, which, along with contradictory statements to eyewitness accounts, brought into question his claim of self-defense. Following his murder conviction, messages Perry sent of him self-identifying as "a racist" and of him calling black protesters "monkeys" were revealed to the public.

Abbott cannot pardon anyone without the Pardon and Paroles approval. Texas Gov. appoints all of the Pardons and Paroles board members and as usual they do his bidding....He actually recommended pardon before the trail was even over.

[moonshinegnomie]

14. If fosters family decided to take out Perry

I wouldn’t have a problem with it

[myohmy2]

15. law...

...order and justice, magat style...

...why would anybody vote for pukes and creeps like that...?

...magats have no sense of righteousness, community or justice...

...I could never live in texas...

...I'd be afraid to travel through texas...

[keithbvadu2]

16. Little Kyley Rittenhouse went up to WI to kill someone with his big gun.

If he had a legitimate reason, he would not have to lie about guarding some car lot.

[hadEnuf]

18. A large amount of Hitler's inner circle, supporters and enablers served prison time, including Hitler himself.

Bad was turned into good, down was up, black was white in Nazi Germany. Just like Trump and the GOP are doing.

[jimmiles]

19. Why would he pardon this guy?

No, seriously, did he give a reason? A sensible reason? Why. But why?