Posted on 05/11/2023 6:25:59 AM PDT by MtnClimber
On Wednesday, former Army Sergeant Daniel Perry was given a sentence of 25 years in prison for his self-defense shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter rioter, even as Governor Greg Abbott (R-Texas) has vowed to pardon him.
As reported by Politico, District Judge Clifford Brown claimed in his remarks just before sentencing that Sergeant Perry received a fair trial, and that his conviction by an Austin jury “deserves our honor and it deserves to be respected,” despite the fact that Austin is a heavily Democratic city that is more likely to be biased in favor of far-left protesters. Brown also conspicuously did not mention Abbott’s likely pardon when announcing the sentence.
Sergeant Perry was convicted in April over the shooting of Garrett Foster in July of 2020, when numerous cities and states across the country were suffering from widespread race riots by the far-left domestic terrorist organizations Black Lives Matter and Antifa. The riots were in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man who died of a fentanyl overdose while in police custody in Minneapolis; the widespread violence led to dozens of deaths across the country, as well as $2 billion in damages and hundreds of businesses and other buildings damaged or burned to the ground.
On July 25th, Sergeant Perry was working as an Uber driver and driving through the streets of Austin when his car was suddenly surrounded by BLM rioters. Foster was armed with an assault rifle, and photographs from that night confirm that he aimed his weapon directly at Sergeant Perry through his car window; Perry drew his own handgun and fired at Foster first, killing him in self-defense.
Shortly after the conviction, Governor Abbott denounced the decision and, citing the state’s Stand Your Ground law, vowed to pardon Sergeant Perry. Governor Abbott formally requested that the state Board of Pardons and Paroles review Sergeant Perry’s case in an expedited manner.
This is the danger of living or visiting a leftist blue city (or state). If you have to defend yourself against a criminal then you are the bad guy.
This is basic natural law. There needs to be consequences for people in the “justice” system who ignore that.
I guess that in the future, if you have to defend yourself in a leftist hole, leave if you can, do not identify yourself, and do not talk about it.
Judge Clifford Brown, yep. Unsurprising.
Ain’t Communism GREAT??”
Oh ya, right out in our face and yet most will keep going along with it.
Brown is a Marxist Liberal in a Marxist City.
Walk up to Brown’s car carrying an AK47 and see what he does.
Anarcho-Tyranny. The Republic is dead.
The message is clear from the democrats: If you are not a preferred minority, your life is worth nothing and you need to become part of the Great Replacement.
THAT IS ALL THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES!!
Someone points a gun at your face, and you defend yourself.... you get 25 years?
I hope Abbott keeps his word on pardoning this man...
Absolutely ridiculous
Do your thing, Governor Abbott.
Do your thing, Governor Abbott.
Neither Abbott nor Trump can pardon him. It’s a state matter, and Texas has a parole board that does it instead of Abbott directly.
But it needs to be pushed, hard.
I guess that in the future, if you have to defend yourself in a leftist hole, leave if you can, do not identify yourself, and do not talk about it.
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I know a guy who, after range time and thorough pistol cleaning, opens a fresh box of ammo and loads fresh defensive carry rounds in his mags, all done while wearing latex gloves.
...I’ve wondered why he does this odd thing
[Anarcho-Tyranny.]
Seems like that would be what would happen before Martial Law.
Covid-19 lockdown was pretty close in a lot of ways, IMHO.
Was Garrett Foster exercising his god given and second amendment right protected right to bear arms?
Has Abbott done a thing besides that one statement? Has he called an entrance meeting of the pardon and parole guys in his office?
Nothing…
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