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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's pardon of a former Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of a Black Lives Matter protestor was a case of the Republican pushing a limited executive power to its absolute limit to get a desired outcome in a politically charged case. The pardon of Daniel Perry this week satisfied prominent conservatives who had demanded his release. But it also ignited criticism of partisan politics in the justice system. It also raised new questions about how a governor might try to overturn a jury's verdict in the future.

The governor of Texas has granted a full pardon to a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

After the verdict but before Perry was sentenced, the court unsealed dozens of pages of text messages and social media posts that showed he had hostile views toward Black Lives Matter protests. In a comment on Facebook a month before the shooting, Perry wrote, "It is official I am a racist because I do not agree with people acting like animals at the zoo."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned a white ex-Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial injustice.

Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry, the former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of killing veteran Garrett Foster during a BLM protest in Austin.