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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas governor's pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator undermines the state's legal system and constitution and should be reversed, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
A Texas prosecutor wants the state's highest criminal court to review the governor's pardon of Daniel Perry, a man convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester.
Texas Gov. Abbott's pardon of a former Army sergeant who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator should be reversed, a prosecutor said.
On May 16, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for shooting an AK47-wielding Black Lives Matter protester back in 2020. The decision came shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously recommended a full pardon. A Texas state district court judge sentenced Daniel Perry in May […]
Convicted murderer Daniel Perry has Gov. Abbott's support