Hours after Daniel Perry was convicted of murder for shooting an armed man in Austin during a protest in the summer of 2020, Fox News host Tucker Carlson...
the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to launch a review of Perry’s conviction, adding he would sign a pardon order as soon as it appeared on his desk.
Neither Abbott nor his office have explained the reasoning behind his decision to request the pardon — a rare step for the governor, who has used that executive power sparingly during his time in office — or whether Carlson’s monologue was the impetus behind it.
Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant, was working as a ride-share driver during the summer of 2020, amid a national uprising against police violence and racial injustice following the police murder of George Floyd. Perry turned down a street where a demonstration was taking place, and Garrett Foster approached his car carrying a Kalashnikov-style rifle.
Perry shot Foster with his revolver, killing him. His lawyers said he was acting in self-defense; prosecutors said Perry could have removed himself from the situation before opening fire, and witnesses have said Foster never raised his rifle toward Perry.Tucker Carlson Tonight , consistently takes the top spot in cable-news rankings. Policy decisions, executive actions and public statements from Republican politicians sometimes follow Carlson bringing up up an issue on his show.from Carlson to Trump, urging the then-president to fire his national security advisor John Bolton, Trump did so in 2019. Last summer, Carlson pointed out the lack of diversity in progressive hub Martha’s Vineyard. “Why not send migrants there, in huge numbers?”Carlson confronted Sen.
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