MAY 10, 2023:
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting an armed protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Texas. Daniel Perry was sentenced Wednesday (May 10, 2023). Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry, who argued he shot and killed Garrett Foster in self-defense. The 28-year-old Foster was legally carrying an AK-47 rifle during the July 2020 protest in Austin against police killings and racial injustice. Perry’s attorneys have said Foster pointed the rifle at him as he tried to pass protesters in his car. Witnesses testified at trial that they did not see Foster raise his weapon. Perry was found guilty of murder in April 2023. The Texas Board of Pardon and Parole is already reviewing Perry’s conviction on Abbott’s orders.
MAY 9, 2023:
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder in the shooting death of an armed protester during a Black Lives Matter march in Texas faces up to life in prison when his sentencing hearing begins Tuesday (May 9, 2023). Daniel Perry was convicted in April in the 2020 killing of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was legally carrying a rifle in the downtown Austin march. Perry was working as a ride-share driver the night of the shooting and has said he acted in self-defense. Witnesses testified they didn’t see Foster raise his weapon. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has already pushed the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend he pardon Perry.
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