Texas’ Governor has said he plans to pardon Daniel Perry, who fatally shot a protester in 2020.
A vigil was held for Garrett Foster the day after he was shot and killed by Daniel Perry.Perry, 35, was convicted Wednesday morning of shooting Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old Air Force veteran who was participating in a racial justice protest in Austin, Texas, following the police murder of George Floyd.
On July 25, 2020, Perry, who was an acting sergeant in Fort Hood at the time, drove his vehicle into the crowd that was protesting and where Foster was legally carrying an AK-47 rifle—Foster then approached Perry’s car and motioned for him to lower his window and Perry fatally shot him with a handgun, prosecutors said.
Perry faced between five and 99 years, and his defense team on Tuesday asked for a sentence of 10 years, citing self-defense and Perry’s psychological issues—prosecution requested a minimum of 25 years. After Perry was convicted in April, Abbott said he would seek to pardon him and issued a request for the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite a review of the case before the sentence was handed down.A major point of contention in the trial was whether Foster raised his rifle at Perry, which could have helped Perry’s legal team argue his actions were self-defense. However, several witnesses testified that Foster had not raised his gun.
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