Fort Hood sergeant says he shot and killed armed Black Lives Matter protestor

The Hill ^ | 7/31/2020 | Kaelan Deese

[karpov]

An active-duty Army sergeant from Fort Hood says he was the one who shot and killed a man at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin, Texas, last weekend, according to the sergeant's attorney.

Sgt. Daniel Perry said he fired at Garrett Foster out of self-defense after Foster allegedly raised an assault rifle toward Perry, according to a statement from the attorney obtained by The Washington Post.

According to the statement, Perry was driving for a ride-share company in downtown Austin on the night of July 25 when he turned a corner toward a protest he did not know was taking place.

At that point, the attorney says protesters began beating on Perry's car. Foster then allegedly approached the car window holding an assault rifle.

The attorney said that Foster gestured with the gun for the driver to roll down the window, and Perry did so because he "initially believed the person was associated with law enforcement."

Perry realized Foster was not an officer, after which Foster allegedly raised his rifle at Perry. The attorney said Perry perceived that as "a threat to his life" and fired at Foster using a handgun he kept in his car.

Police said last weekend that the shooting victim was transported to a hospital and announced dead shortly thereafter.

According to the Post, blurry cellphone footage shows protesters outside Perry's stopped car. Honking can be heard followed by gunshots, along with a woman yelling that "a car just ran over somebody."

Perry's attorney said that the Army sergeant has served in the military for eight years, including a tour in Afghanistan. He is not facing any charges at this time, the Post reported Friday.

[Hulka]

I know. These old eyes see a National Defense ribbon. . .but maybe I’m wrong (wouldn’t be the first time). At this time, all get a ND ribbon.

[EEGator]

Were PJ’s over there with you?

[Hulka]

Sorry, not that I saw, back in 1980. . .saw PJs for the first time when I was at Fairchild AFB doing survival and E&E training.

[gundog]

Yeah...could be a photo rendition problem, my eyes, or both. There aren’t many ribbons with a light colored center that I know of, certainly not that he’d be qualified to wear. Still chaps my ass that I just missed Honor Grad. :)

[Hulka]

Yeah, I bet it still stings.

Ouch!

[Concentrate]

” He only work in the Air Force until the age of 19, he was barely in the Air Force. He does not have any stripes in the photo in front of the Alamo.”

I think you mean “worked”. You’re welcome!

[Albion Wilde]

I understand that the good sergeant is black.

Nope.

https://www.kvue.com/mobile/article/news/local/austin-protest-shooting-who-shot-garrett-foster/269-051f6017-7f3a-4451-b82a-09cb01b9c191

[EEGator]

I think SERE school is still there.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Thank you Sargent for doing your duty to protect your self.

 

And the public at large - enemies foreign and domestic.

 

 

[Concentrate]

“??? He’s as white as snow in the picture.”

Well, perhaps he identifies as Black.

I’m now a Black Lesbian Muslim woman, simply because I say so. (Not that there’s any wrong with that.) :)

Take that!

[FLT-bird]

Now that’s what I call good gun control. He hit exactly what he was aiming at. Nice shootin’.

[FLT-bird]

I should add, the Klantifa guy who pulled out his concealed carry gun and fired at the car as it was driving away should be arrested and charged with attempted murder.

[Hulka]

Still there? Such a paradise experience, starving in the mountains, getting captured and slapped around (bet they don’t do that anymore).

[ScholarWarrior]

My mistake. Thank you both. I would have praised him either color.

[TMN78247]

I cannot tell you what the percentage of LTC licensees is in TX, as the numbers are EXPLODING since the New Year & the beginning of this “virus mess”, especially among WOMEN.

Fwiw, I’ve “been checked” exactly ONE time in about 12 years to see if I was properly licensed to carry a pistol. = A Deputy Constable, at the coin-operated laundry, POLITELY asked me IF I had a LTC one night, several months ago. - I said, YES & “displayed the LTC”, as is required by TX law.

He then asked me WHAT I was carrying & when I told him, he said that he had never even seen a ZIGANA K, much less had fired one.
(I then was invited to go shooting with him & his buddies.)

INTERESTING FACT: Here in TX, as we are carefully background investigated & range qualified before being licensed by TX DPS to carry firearms, VERY FEW licensed owners are EVER “ticketed” for traffic offenses by TX LEO. - The law says that IF you are stopped that you MUST display BOTH your DL & your LTC to the police.- Generally, upon seeing the handgun license, the LEO says something like, “OK. Drive safely” & sends you on your way.

Yours, TMN78247