Gov. Greg Abbott said he plans to pardon Sgt. Daniel Perry for shooting and killing an...
When the shooting occurred in July of 2020, Perry had been stationed at Ft. Hood, about 70 miles north of Austin, while also working as a driver for a ride-sharing company.
On the day of Foster’s death, Perry had been driving in downtown Austin and turned onto a street, into a large crowd of people protesting the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. In a video streamed live on Facebook, a car can be heard honking before several shots ring out and protesters begin screaming and scattering.Perry’s attorneys argued he acted in self-defense because Foster had approached Perry’s car with an AK-47 rifle.
Although jurors elected to convict Perry on a murder charge and did not believe the self-defense claim, Abbott Tweeted Texas’"Stand Your Ground" laws of self-defense “cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney.”
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