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Perry, an Army Veteran, shot Garrett Foster five times during a 2020 protest in Austin. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has vowed he will pardon Perry.
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Perry’s case has become an explosive political stew of arguments over gun rights, self-defense and racist social media posts. The governor dived in early, saying he would pardon Perry even before a judge handed down the sentence.
The fate of BLM killer Daniel Perry is set to fall into the hands of seven members of the Texas Board of Paroles and Pardons, which is led by former longtime sheriff David Gutierrez (left).
(AUSTIN, Texas) -- An Army sergeant convicted of murder in the fatal 2020 shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter protester during a demonstration in Austin, Texas, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, even as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott seeks to grant him a pardon. Attorneys for 35-year-old Daniel Perry asked a
The sentencing comes after a Travis County judge refused to grant him a new trial.