Abbott supports pardon of murderer of Black Lives Matter protestor, but not George Floyd’s no-evidence drug conviction
Daniel Perry enters the courtroom on May 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on May 16, 2024, recommended a full pardon for Perry, a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed protestor.The first was requested for George Floyd, the Black man whose murder by Minnesota police in 2020 sparked nationwide protests. His family sought a posthumous pardon in Texas related to a minor drug conviction from 2004.
After a trial that lasted more than a week, and after 17 hours of deliberations, a Texas jury found Perry guilty of murder. He then added: “I have already prioritized reining in rogue District Attorneys,” which was curious given that at the time Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, was under criminal investigation on securities fraud charges. Last month a Texas appeals court ruled Paxton could face discipline from the state bar association over failed attempts to overturn the 2020 general election. And yet it’s not Paxton, a Republican, whom Abbott wanted to rein in.
Perry told police afterward that he didn’t see Foster lift his weapon or aim it at anyone. Perry made clear before he even got to the protests that he was looking to kill. The claim of killing Foster in self-defense just doesn’t hold up, as 12 jurors recognized when they convicted Perry of murder.
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