Convicted murderer Daniel Perry has Gov. Abbott's support
Daniel Perry , the Army sergeant convicted one year ago of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster during a march in Downtown Austin in July of 2020, has been pardoned by Gov. Greg Abbott .The pardon reversed what is regarded as Travis County District Attorney José Garza’s most high-profile conviction to date. Garza condemned it, saying the governor and board should be “ashamed of themselves.
“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system,” Garza said in a statement. “Their actions are contrary to the law and demonstrate that there are two classes of people in this state where some lives matter and some lives do not. They have sent a message to Garrett Foster’s family, to his partner, and to our community that his life does not matter.
The pardon was also condemned by Foster’s fiancée, Whitney Mitchell, a quadruple amputee who Foster cared for and with whom he attended over 20 marches in the wake of the police killings of “I loved Garrett Foster,” Mitchell said. “I thought we were going to grow old together. He was the love of my life. He still is. I am heartbroken by this lawlessness. Governor Abbott has shown that, to him, only certain lives matter. has desecrated the life of a murdered Texan and U.S. Air Force veteran, and impugned the jury’s just verdict.
O’Connell thanked Abbott in a statement after Perry’s pardon. He also thanked the Board of Pardons and Paroles, writing, “They conducted a very thorough investigation over many months. All the interested parties and many of the witnesses were interviewed by the board. They took the time needed to get to the truth behind what really happened.
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