Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
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 sergeants 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/
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
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LeftInTX
(26,313 posts)moonshinegnomie
(2,598 posts)GB_RN
(2,552 posts)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
(26,485 posts)mopinko
(70,747 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,474 posts)walkingman
(7,897 posts)bluestarone
(17,396 posts)THIS is exactly wht TFG will do!
Gore1FL
(21,253 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(1,534 posts)I refuse to visit or spend any money there
PortTack
(32,962 posts)DJ Porkchop
(475 posts)Get fucked, Greg.
sinkingfeeling
(51,708 posts)walkingman
(7,897 posts)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
(2,598 posts)I wouldnt have a problem with it
myohmy2
(3,311 posts)...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
(37,612 posts)If he had a legitimate reason, he would not have to lie about guarding some car lot.
hadEnuf
(2,323 posts)Bad was turned into good, down was up, black was white in Nazi Germany. Just like Trump and the GOP are doing.
jimmiles
(8 posts)No, seriously, did he give a reason? A sensible reason? Why. But why?