Posted on 05/10/2023 4:11:10 AM PDT by Libloather
Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised to pardon following his murder conviction last month, is slated to be sentenced on Tuesday for killing a Black Lives Matter protester.
Perry was working as a rideshare driver when he shot and killed 28-year-old Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran, during a racial justice rally in Austin on July 25, 2020. The deadly violence came amid a summer of protests triggered by police violence nationwide, including the death of George Floyd, who was killed by officers in Minneapolis just months earlier.
Perry served in the military for more than a decade and was stationed at Fort Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin. He had just dropped off a customer in the moments before he turned onto a street packed with people. The Army Sergeant said he was trying to maneuver his way through the crowd when he was approached by Foster, who was legally armed with an AK-47.
According to prosecutors, Foster motioned for Perry to lower his window, at which time the soldier shot his own gun.
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He (Abbott) said he would fight to pardon Perry and that he’d already asked the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite a review of the case.
Per Texas law, the governor can only order Perry’s release with the board’s approval. It is currently reviewing the case. It’s not clear when the parole board will reach a decision.
“I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry,” the Republican governor said in a tweet after the conviction. “Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney.”
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That brings to mind a quote from an historic political figure I’ve recently become aware of:
“Do you not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?”
- Axel Oxenstierna
I think this in the context of his son being involved in negotiating the Peace of Westphalia, but obviously it has wide application.
When/If Abbott pardons him you can bet good money on the feds swooping in with ‘civil rights’ and ‘hate-crime’ charges and re-convict.
The parole board could prioritize his case, but won’t. Meanwhile, Daniel gets put in prison with members of the favored race with a target on his back.
Thanks. Good to know.
“Reviewing the case” could mean any number of things, many of them bad ...
Or as the Press said….’legally armed AK47’……that was the thug!
Tsk, tsk...
Lol!
“Our country is living in the Twilight Zone. “
The twilight zone has nothing on the current state of affairs of 2023 America.
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