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

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

[karpov]

If you illegally block traffic, pound on someone's car, demand that they open their window, and point a gun at them when they do, you may get shot. I'm glad Sgt. Perry was able to defend himself.

[Vermont Lt]

It’s exactly what the government spends tens of thousands of dollars training him to do.

Sounds fine to me.

[Tommy Revolts]

If that is not considered life threatening, I don’t know what would be.

[Steely Tom]

Yeah, aiming an AK at a white person is protected speech.

[tallyhoe]

Hear Hear!! That man has true gun control!

[LouieFisk]

We need to bestow on him a medal/ribbon for ridding the world of a psychotically violent rioter/looter/arsonist. Along with the medal - a raise in rank and pay.

[grobdriver]

Soldier wannabe meets real soldier, gets what he had coming to him.

[xrmusn]

Strictly speculation on my part but it wouldn’t surprise me if the ‘other shooter’ wasn’t LEO... with the shooting in the air a ‘diversion’ (no matter how foolish) — one would think an arrest should have been made because he was part of a mob, firing at a ‘fleeing’ vehicle...

[G Larry]

I had somebody here arguing with me that he shouldn’t have fired because there was no clear evidence that the barrel of the AK wasn’t pointed in his face......

[cuban leaf]

I home one thing the left learns from this nonsense is that there are a lot more armed people in cars than they realized.

And an armed society is a polite society.

[DEPcom]

That add ups real good. Garrett Foster was in a combat ready position with his rifle. Sgt Perry from his training recognize the position that is why he shot in fear of his life.

I would be interest in if Garrett had a round chamber or not. From watching his interview I bet he did.

[cuban leaf]

In my state it doesn’t even have to be life threatening. You need only fear serious personal harm.

[Grampa Dave]

Karma at work.

Any DA, who tries to make one of the cases into a murder or a manslaughter case needs to be sued in civil court for personal damages and in criminal court for his/her/its unconstitutional actions.

[EEGator]

The guy who got smoked was a ginger, and either AD or Veteran USAF. He got what he had coming.

[DEPcom]

Here is a link of the photo where Garren is a combat stance with the weapon pointed. Dailymail uk

[Richard Kimball]

It's against the rules of PC to talk about it, but it's just odd to have a fiancee that doesn't have any arms or legs. It's got elements of Boxing Helena in it.

Even assuming this guy really loved this woman, and wasn't just looking for someone who was totally helpless, and had to depend on him for everything, nobody who really cares for a disabled person deliberately takes them into a situation like that.

If he thought it was dangerous enough that he needed to take a rifle, what would happen to this woman he supposedly loved if the situation got dangerous?

[farming pharmer]

Sergeant's training saved his life.

For a non-military person, sounds like taking a couple of combat pistol courses might be a wise thing to do.

[Lockbox]

In Texas for sure. That is why protestors need to be very careful.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Well, if the whole article is to be believed, they met before she got sick and had the amputations. He gets credit for loyalty.

But, if you are at a riot, with a gun, and point it... the downside is on you, even if its only a misunderstanding. (As in, he wasn’t sure of the driver’s intentions, his girlfriend was immobile, and on the driver’s side, he was trying to avoid confrontation, but didn’t know if the guy with the rifle was using it to gesture, or was brandishing, or really wanted to kill him.)

[I want the USA back]

I’m glad the piece of crap was killed and the human is OK. If he’s prosecuted, we have lost the country.