The BLM protestors surrounded Perry's car, effectively placing him under duress.
The BLM protestors beat on the car with objects, kicked it slammed it with their hands. Perry and his car never presented a threat to the protestors.
Garrett Foster then approached Perry's driver side door with his AK47 style rifle in a low ready position, and motioned for him to roll down the window. Perry had a revolver for self defense.
Perry says he saw Foster start to raise the rifle toward him. No one else testified they saw this motion, but it was a chaotic situation, and Perry, quite naturally, would have been laser focused on the rifle's muzzle.
Perry shot Foster multiple times and Foster went down, the crowd scattered, allowing Perry a way to escape the situation. As Perry escaped, another protestor fired at Perry three times. The shots were all within a few seconds.
Within a minute, Perry pulled over and called the police.
The police investigated and said it was a clear case of self defense.
All three shooters had Texas Concealed Handgun Licenses.
I’m glad that he was pardoned. It seems like he was in fear for his life and responded correctly.
I won’t celebrate Daniel Perry because he’s a groomer of a 16 year-old, but because they found that evidence when investigating him for a crime he was wrongly convicted for, he shouldn’t be charged with sexual messages with an underage girl.
But I don’t have to like him to celebrate Gov. Abbott doing the right thing here.