Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued a pardon to Daniel Perry, the former United States Army sergeant who had fatally shot an armed demonstrator during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.
He was held in state prison on a 25-year sentence since being convicted of murdering Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran who lawfully carried an Ak-47 while marching in a Black Lives Matter protest, by an Austin jury back in April 2023.
The former U.S. Army sergeant was working as a ride-share driver back in July 2020 when he turned his car onto a street in Austin filled with demonstrators and shot Foster before he drove off.
Perry served in the Army for over a decade. During the time of the shooting, he had been stationed at Fort Cavazos, then Fort Hood, which is about 70 miles north of Austin.
According to court records released in April, Perry had been sending racist...
He was held in state prison on a 25-year sentence since being convicted of murdering Garrett Foster, an Air Force veteran who lawfully carried an Ak-47 while marching in a Black Lives Matter protest, by an Austin jury back in April 2023.
The former U.S. Army sergeant was working as a ride-share driver back in July 2020 when he turned his car onto a street in Austin filled with demonstrators and shot Foster before he drove off.
Perry served in the Army for over a decade. During the time of the shooting, he had been stationed at Fort Cavazos, then Fort Hood, which is about 70 miles north of Austin.
According to court records released in April, Perry had been sending racist...
- 5/22/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
A former U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering Garrett Foster, a Black Lives Matter protester, in Austin in 2020 will be set free after Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned him.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended the release of Daniel Perry on Thursday, according to USA Today, and within two hours Abbott gave him a full pardon, ending the 25-year sentence he had been serving. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Perry’s record may even be expunged.
Abbott had personally requested the Board look at...
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended the release of Daniel Perry on Thursday, according to USA Today, and within two hours Abbott gave him a full pardon, ending the 25-year sentence he had been serving. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Perry’s record may even be expunged.
Abbott had personally requested the Board look at...
- 5/16/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
On Wednesday, a judge sentenced Daniel Perry to 25 years in prison for the murder of Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster. However, it is unclear how much time Perry will serve, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised he will pardon Perry if the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles send him a request.
On Tuesday’s first day of the sentencing hearing, the prosecution asked District Judge Clifford Brown to give Perry a minimum of 25 years in prison, saying he was a “loaded gun” who had the potential to harm people again,...
On Tuesday’s first day of the sentencing hearing, the prosecution asked District Judge Clifford Brown to give Perry a minimum of 25 years in prison, saying he was a “loaded gun” who had the potential to harm people again,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
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