14 state attorneys general urge DOJ to investigate Perry pardon in Garrett Foster killing

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14 state attorneys general urge DOJ to investigate Perry pardon in Garrett Foster killing
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A group of 14 state attorneys general are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the killing of Garrett Foster by D

Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Perry was sentenced to 25 years for the murder of Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in July 2020. aniel Perry in 2020, after Perry was recentlysent Monday to U.S.

The attorneys general expressed concern that "stand your ground" laws "encourage vigilantes to attend protests armed and ready to shoot and kill those who exercise their First Amendment rights.

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