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A jury on April 7 convicted a U.S. Army sergeant who shot dead a man wielding a gun at him during a protest in 2020. Sgt. Daniel Perry, working for Uber, traveled to Austin in July 2020 for work. A Black Lives Matter protest was happening the same night. Perry, after turning down a street, found himself surrounded by protesters. Garrett Foster, one of the armed protesters, was openly carrying an AK-47. According to Perry, Foster motioned with his gun for Perry to lower his window. Perry fired after Foster began to raise the rifle toward Perry, defense lawyers said,...

Meanwhile in the Democrat hell hole of Travis County… Sgt. Daniel Perry, an army soldier who shot and killed an armed BLM-Antifa protester in Austin last July was indicted on a murder charge on Thursday. Perry’s lawyer, Clint Broden, argued his client, who was driving Uber when rioters mobbed his car, was acting in self-defense after the BLM activist, Garrett Foster pointed a gun at him.

AUSTIN, Texas (KWTX) - First Cavalry Division Sgt. Daniel Perry, who shot and killed a protester at a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020, in Austin, was released after a posting a $300,000 bond following his indictment Thursday in Travis County for murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. “Sgt. Perry will vigorously fight all of these charges,” Perry’s attorney, Clint Broden of Dallas, said after the indictment was handed up Thursday. Garrett Foster, 28, was shot to death shortly before 10 p.m. July 25, 2020, at the corner of Congress Avenue and 4th Street in Austin after...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who previously said he shot and killed a protester out of self defense in downtown Austin in July 2020 has been indicted on felony charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor charge of deadly conduct, according to a statement from his lawyer. The lawyer says Daniel Perry posted a $300,000 bond and has been released from custody. Perry “will vigorously fight all of these charges,” the lawyer says. Police identified the man killed in the July 25, 2020 shooting as Garrett Foster. Austin Police identifies man killed in shooting...

A black motorist has been filmed ordering white BLM protesters to stop blocking a highway in Austin so he can get to work and provide for his children. The footage, captured around 11.30pm on Saturday night, shows the man stepping out of his vehicle on the I-35 and confronting the activists who are refusing to let traffic pass. 'I gotta go to work, I'm black! I've gotta go to work!' the unidentified man yells at the group as he waves his hand in the air.

Austin Texas Police Chief Brian Manley 26 July, 2020    Link to video A little before 10 p.m. in Austin Texas, on 25 July, 2020,  a crowd of activists/protestors/agitators were apparently illegally walking/marching in the street in Austin, Texas. One of the participants, Garrett Foster, 28 was carrying an AK47 style rifle.  At least one other person in the mob was armed. While there are many lights on in the city, it is at night, not daylight. A vehicle turned the corner onto Congress Avenue, encountering the street blocked by numerous persons. The vehicle horn was honked. Multiple people...

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...

The moment leading up to the fatal shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter protester in Texas over the weekend has been revealed in a newly surfaced photograph, hours after the suspect was released from custody having told investigators he shot the demonstrator in self-defense. Garrett Foster, 28, was shot dead in Austin on Saturday evening after he confronted the driver of a car who had driven his vehicle toward a hundred-strong crowd of protesters marching in the city center. Foster, who was carrying an AK-47, was shot three times by the driver who then fled the scene. The motorist...

He summarized that witnesses told APD a vehicle began honking its horn as it turned south onto Congress Avenue from 4th Street. He said the vehicle stopped “as there were a large number of people in the roadway.” Manley said that Foster, who was holding an AK47-type assault rifle, approached the driver side window of this car as others in the crowd began striking the car. “Gunshots were fired from inside the vehicle at Mr. Foster,” Manley said. “During the initial investigation of this incident, it appears Mr. Foster may have pointed his rifle at the driver of this vehicle...

The protests continue two months from the day of George Floyd’s killing. Floyd died on May 25 in Minneapolis after a white cop pressed his knee against his neck for nearly eight minutes as he said he couldn’t breathe. A BLACK Lives Matter protester was shot dead last night during a march in Austin, Texas. Police in Texas confirmed a man was shot and killed at 9:52pm last night during a protest in downtown Austin. A clip of the scene shared online show protesters marching through the streets and shouting “Black lives” and waving banners reading “BLM”. Seconds later, five...

A man was killed in downtown Austin Saturday night in the midst of a protest against police violence, and police said they have taken the shooter into custody. The shooting happened about 9:50 p.m. at Fourth Street and Congress Avenue, EMS officials said. Austin police said the male victim was carrying a weapon when he approached a vehicle. The person in the vehicle then shot the man. Video of the shooting below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8369rHfOM&feature=emb_title The mainstream media falsely portraited the victim as an innocent man who got shot! Witnesses say that the victim fired 5 shots with his AK-47 before he...