Governor Greg Abbott is in favor of pardoning Army Sergeant DanielPerry for the shooting death of Garret Foster

The 2020 Black Lives Matter Shooting Injured by a U.S. Army Sergeant: An Appeal to the Texas Attorney General’s Delay

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he is working to pardon an army sergeant who was convicted Friday of killing a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020.

“We are disappointed in the verdict both as it relates to Daniel Perry and as it relates to a citizen’s ability to defend themselves,” Broden told CNN via text message Saturday. “Sgt. Perry will, of course, appeal the verdict and we are hopeful that the case will ultimately be overturned on appeal.”

Texas has a Stand Your Ground law that can’t be found unconstitutional by a jury or District Attorney, Abbott said.

Perry’s attorneys argued that the shooting was self-defense as Foster approached Perry’s car with an AK-47 rifle. The witnesses testified that Foster did not raise his rifle at the attacker, but that he did fire his revolver.

When he was working at a ride-sharing company in Austin in July of 2020 he turned on a street and into a large group of demonstrators who had gathered for a protest.

Floyd died May 25, 2020, after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against the Black man’s neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd, who was handcuffed, repeatedly said he couldn’t breathe.

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The pardon process “is outside our control,” he added in response to Abbott’s tweet. The upcoming sentencing hearing and marshaling evidence related to Sergeant is what the legal team is focused on. His service and character to our country.

The prosecution argued that Perry initiated the encounter by running a red light to turn into the crowd gathered for the police brutality protest and had previously posted on social media about shooting protesters, according to CNN affiliate KEYE.