Huge News for Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Armed BLM Protester - He’s Walking Free

On Tuesday, Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned a former U.S. Army sergeant, Daniel Perry, who had been convicted of murder for the fatal shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter demonstrator in 2020.

Daniel Perry, sentenced to 25 years in prison by an Austin jury for the July 2020 shooting of BLM protester Garrett Foster, has now been released from prison.

Governor Abbott announced in a statement that he signed Perry’s pardon after a unanimous recommendation from the state’s parole and pardon board.

“The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles conducted an exhaustive review of U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Perry’s personal history and the facts surrounding the July 2020 incident and recommended a Full Pardon and Restoration of Full Civil Rights of Citizenship,” Abbott said.

He continued, “Among the voluminous files reviewed by the Board, they considered information provided by the Travis County District Attorney, the full investigative report on Daniel Perry, plus a review of all the testimony provided at trial.

“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney. I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation.”

Travis County District Attorney José Garza, who is considered far-left, criticized the pardon in a statement obtained by NBC News.

Addressing Abbott and the parole and pardon board, Garza framed the pardon as an issue of class.

“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,” Garza said.

“They have sent a message to Garrett Foster’s family, to his partner, and to our community that his life does not matter.”

Garrett Foster was filmed in a viral interview on the evening he was killed, legally armed with a rifle in downtown Austin. He stated that he was protesting racial injustice two months after George Floyd’s death while in police custody in Minneapolis, an event that sparked nationwide protests.

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“I think all the people that hate us… are too big of p*****s to actually do anything,” Foster said at one point after being asked about openly carrying a gun that appeared to be an AK-47.

Later that evening, Perry encountered Foster and a group of others. After an altercation, Perry shot and killed the Air Force veteran.

Perry was subsequently convicted of murder.