Posted on 05/16/2024 2:30:35 PM PDT by dynachrome
Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon and restoration of rights for Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant who was found guilty of murder for the fatal shooting of Garrett Foster during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest while Perry was an Uber driver.
"The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles conducted an exhaustive review of U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Perry’s personal history and the facts surrounding the July 2020 incident and recommended a Full Pardon and Restoration of Full Civil Rights of Citizenship," said Abbott in a statement.
"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. 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. I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation."
(Excerpt) Read more at thepostmillennial.com ...
To me it is ridiculous and corrupt that all members of that jury found him guilty. 25 years!
Not if the DA withheld evidence, which is claimed in the pardon proclamation.
Sanity- finally
Long overdue.
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It sure is. Abbott promised to do this over a year ago.
In Abbott’s defense, didn’t he have to wait on the decision of the Board of Pardons and Paroles before he could intervene?
You can drive all over Austin and not see a single Republican campaign sign. People there say they believe in “democracy.”
One can hope.
Yes, gov Abbott was required to wait for that-but that spoils everything for those who like seeing negativity in good results.
Austin is a VERY Blue city w/Soros funded DA.
I wonder if Gov. Abbot can fire elected officials for malfeasance in office?
Great point!
What DID happen to the shooter who fired at Perry?
Texas 1, Soros 0
It is called assault
Let’s hope he sues them into Bankruptcy.
He pointed a loader and charged AR15 at him.
AMERICAN Lives Matter
Now will the feds file a “violation of civil rights” case against him?
I thought Daniel Perry was the marine who killed that troublemaker on a public train, but that fellow was Daniel Penney.
Sorry to see it take this long.
How did they convict the guy anyway?
[In the middle of a riot, he came up to his car and raised a rifle at him.]
That seems like an extraordinarily-bad idea.
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