Texas Gov. Abbott vows to pardon Army sergeant convicted of killing BLM protester

Posted on AllSides April 8th, 2023
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised Saturday to pardon the US Army sergeant who was convicted of shooting a protester to death during a Black Lives Matter rally. The Republican said Sgt. Daniel Perry, 35, was acting in his own defense when he repeatedly fired his handgun on 28-year-old Garrett Foster as he marched in the 2020 Austin demonstration. “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,” Abbott said in a statement. The governor blamed...

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