Bodhisattva OverdriveApr 11, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

In Texas, Daniel Perry—a white man—posted "he might kill a few people," drove his car past a red light & into a previously peaceful BLM march, shot & killed a protestor, was duly charged, unanimously convicted—& TX Gov Abbott is pardoning him.😳

Texas is announcing to the world that in their view, murdering people for exercising their First Amendment right to peacefully protesting racism is OK.

This isn't democracy. It's fascism. This sets a literally deadly precedent for the future.

Apr 10, 2023 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadbirdpoofApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid
I don't know how we can save TX. GOP have "fixed" the system so much and for so long that they guarantee their power over the state no matter what happens in elections.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishApr 10, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid Texas voted for Abbott
Show threadbirdpoofApr 10, 2023
@rebeccabguinn @QasimRashid
But did they? I mean, a huge percent did, sure, but how did the 2021 GOP gerrymandering factor in.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishApr 11, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid gerrymandering wouldn’t effect a state wide election, voter suppression, but the vote was overwhelmingly for Abbott so voter suppression is probably not to be blamed for that number spread.
Show threadAnnaBaxterApr 11, 2023
@rebeccabguinn @birdpoof @QasimRashid Not in my neighborhood. It was lined with Beto signs and MAGA (Mothers Against Greg Abbott) signs. I thought the guy was going to lose. Then I went to vote and watched the machine change my Beto vote to Abbott. Yes, I fixed it…but it had already been fixed.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishApr 11, 2023
@AnnaBaxter @birdpoof @QasimRashid your complaint needs to be substituted. Remember that is the same complaint against the machines as the republicans had.
Show threadAnnaBaxterApr 11, 2023
@rebeccabguinn @birdpoof @QasimRashid
I’m 100% aware of the GOP lies and stolen election claims. The irony of the situation is that it was actually happening in deep red TX. I voted here, I know what happened to me. The machine changed my vote, I changed it back. I was warned that votes for Beto were being switched, and I went in to find it to be true. You can believe the Texas Tribune or you can believe an actual voter.
Show threadWhiteLadySpeaksSpanishApr 11, 2023
@AnnaBaxter @birdpoof @QasimRashid https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/28/texas-voting-machines/.
Texas voting machines aren’t switching votes

Sensitive touch screens aren’t always user friendly and make it easy for voters to accidentally select the wrong candidate. Voters should carefully review their ballots before submitting them.

The Texas Tribune
Show threadSriram "sri" Ramkrishna - 😼Apr 10, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid the demographics is against them. Sure they have gerrymandered things - but fascists will always overdo it. They'll continue to identify more enemies. The laws they are passing - will constrain everyone - conservatives and liberals alike.
Show threadYosa Beam ✅🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️May 18, 2023
@birdpoof @QasimRashid get all the hostages out of that state and then nuke it
Show threadDcircleFApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid @TootUncommon Example
Show threadWendy LadyApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid they're trying to scare protestors into not coming out while empowering shooters at the same time. Then they blame the protestors. Purposefully stirring the pot and trying to confuse the American public. Some Helter-skelter in a suit with a nice haircut bullshit.
Show threadcowvinApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Why the hell do we allow executives to pardon terrorists?
Show threadAlex Lubertozzi 🇺🇦Apr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Any possibility of the feds prosecuting this POS on civil rights violations? (And by this POS, I mean the pardoned murderer, not Abbott.)
Show threadAnnaBaxterApr 11, 2023
@alexlubertozzi @QasimRashid Perhaps you should consider the fact that Abbott IS a pos.
Show threadAlex Lubertozzi 🇺🇦Apr 11, 2023
@AnnaBaxter @QasimRashid I know Abbott’s a piece of shit. They both are, I was trying to make clear which one ought to be charged.
Show threadLeisureguyApr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Kevin Drum also had a good take:

https://jabberwocking.com/texas-governor-says-he-will-pardon-murderer/

#murder #IOKIYAR #Texas #pardons #BLM #GOP

Texas governor says he will pardon murderer - Kevin Drum

Here's the latest from Texas. During the summer of 2020 an Army sergeant named Daniel Perry was upset about a nearby BLM protest. He wrote to a friend on social media that he might “kill a few people on my way to work. They are rioting outside my apartment complex.” The friend, naturally, asked, “Can you legally do so?” Perry said

Kevin Drum
Show threadBeats4LifeApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid
White people, especially when they commit a hate crime in the South, have no accountability when pardoned. This is disgrace and a middle finger from Abbott to the judiciary and jurors.
Show threadoldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINEApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid I wish we could be careful about Texas. The word. It was Abbott who pardoned this horrible man. I live in Texas, and I have voted against Republicans including Abbott every chance I get. In Texas, but not Abbott.
Show threadjetsilverApr 10, 2023

@johnb48 @QasimRashid There is a popular misconception that Texas is a solid wall of red, when in fact, it's much closer to purple. If it weren't, Republicans wouldn't be going so far out of their way to try to cement their power. Millions of people live here who didn't vote for Abbott or Trump.

Plenty of vulnerable people live in Texas, including a hell of a lot of LGBTQIA folks, POC, others whose lives are literally on the line here. Writing off the whole state writes them off too.

Show threadJasmineApr 10, 2023

@jetsilver @johnb48 @QasimRashid

Democrat in Texas, thank you 😊

Show threadAgoraApr 10, 2023
@johnb48 @QasimRashid he won’t stop until people stop him. See how Israelis stopped Netanyahu? He won power in Israel, but the same people stopped him from bulldozing them. Texas Liberals and rational people must find allies in the GOP and stop #gregabbott
Show threadoldfartjmb says FREE PALESTINEApr 10, 2023
@Agora @QasimRashid I completely agree with you
Show threadS RiverbendApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid your writing style is confusing sir... "What did you just say and what's your point?"
Show threadAJApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid fascism. It can happen here. It is happening here.
Show threadAgoraApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid I just came here to say fuck you #gregabbott ! It’s a shame that oak tree spared you!
Fuck you #texas if you don’t take to the streets to oppose this.
Show threadSebastian HahnApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid utterly unacceptable in its entirety!
Show threadShadowbottleApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid @monkeyborg every day that piece of shit earns his lost legs more and more. Too bad the tree didn’t just take him out completely. I hope he’s in pain every fucking day of his life.
Show threadAnnaBaxterApr 11, 2023
@shadowbottle @QasimRashid @monkeyborg Most people don’t realize he sued the homeowner for millions, received his settlement, then changed the ceiling for OTHERS from such accidents when he got into office. He’s a real “special” sob.
Show threadnadin brzezinskiApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid @DGiant ding, ding ding
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid EXACTLY!

#Texas under #Abbott wants #StochasticTerrorism by reactionary #extremists as a means to commit #facist #terror against the opposition and marginalized people.

After all, it's easier for him to deny state-sponsorship if they ain't in party uniforms...

Same vibes tho...

Show threadHilaryApr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Flagging this thread - Texas governor pardons racist murderer.

Show threadxs4me2Apr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

Worrying…

Show threadSraeMooApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid The GOP stand for many things, law and order isn’t one of the them
Show threadVAX meApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Gov can’t actually believe this would actually help him?
Show threadPeter BarnesApr 10, 2023

@QasimRashid

The dangerous reality in any democracy is that the end result of apathy or ignorance is exactly the same as unlimited tolerance. If you do nothing while bad actors work to destroy your democracy—no matter how perfectly designed or implemented—then eventually enough checks and balances will be circumvented and you’ll wake up to find you’re living in a fascist, authoritarian, oligarchic state.
Excusing the people of Texas by observing that gerrymanders, suppression and corrupt judiciary make it very hard NOW to alter the situation conveniently ignores the slow but reversible erosion that led up to the current situation.
Fascists rely on and encourage apathy and ignorance, not good will and tolerance, and the only remedy is active resistance.
Otherwise they’ll always win.

Show threadLilly HunterApr 11, 2023
@infinite8horizon @QasimRashid Punch the nazis IN TIME, before they get the chance to murder you LEGALLY.
Show threadSFborn1940Apr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid Nothing about Texas makes sense to me.
Show thread🤨 Subterranean Homesick AlienApr 10, 2023
@QasimRashid The DOJ need to bring a federal civil right violation indictment. We’ve been there before with the South. We’ve dealt with these fascists before.
Show threadGregory VanderlaanApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid Seems Crazy to Make Murder Legal... If You Murder the "Right" People...
Show threadSaftyKumaApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid Abbot is evil, as are those who continue to support him.
Show threadMoriApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid So fash
Show threadTopKnotApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid
Aligning yourself with criminals, murderers and wholey dishonest people seems to be the platform, mission, vision and goal of the #Republican Party.
Show threadDemocracy Dies in DumbassApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid Man... Tennessee was the #1 shithole state for what, a day? Texas couldn't stand to have Tennessee win at anything...
Show threadWizard Bear (💉x8 + 😷)Apr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid Can we get the #DOJ to get a civil rights case in Federal Court against this domestic terrorist/murderer? We need something to prevent Abbott from making it okay to kill protesters.
Show threadTonyduncApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid the argument I have heard is the person he killed was armed with a rifle and aimed it at him. Obviously the jury rejected thst argument. Is there any evidence of that?. This is the problem of allowing unrestricted open carry. How do you decide who is the “good guy” with the gun?
Show threadBoswellApr 11, 2023

@Tonydunc @QasimRashid

Would it have been perfectly legal for others in the BLM protest to shoot him to death in their own self defence?

Basically a legal deadly shootout

Show threadTonyduncApr 11, 2023
@Jamesboswell @QasimRashid that is the quandary
Show threadLeRoy WesterlingApr 11, 2023

@QasimRashid the US Justice Department should bring charges for civil rights violations

and he can still be sued in civil court for wrongful death and lose everything

Show threadCanadian CroneApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid And the world watches as the uS self-destructs #Republicanfacism #insanity #RacialDiscrimination
Show threadPensive™️Apr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid
Welcome to Westworld; where nothing can go wrong…go wrong…go wrong.
Show threadSavvy Susan 2Apr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid it seems to me that the State of Texas is the brother city to Washington DC and linked into Wall Street with its brother the Fed Reserve thus forming : to borrow ex Texan President George Bush Jnr words “ the axis of evil”!
Show threadBritstralianApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid How long before companies - especially major national brands and multinationals - recognise that some states in America are no longer safe working environments for female/BiPoC/LGBTQIA employees? Some countries legislate that companies mist provide a safe working environment, making this harder to ignore as an issue...
Show threadSometimesIGetBoredApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid so start demanding that the GOP be abolished.
Show threadFactressApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid Texas also announcing it does not support trial by jury. Important step in tge March to fascism.
Show threadShar_sharApr 11, 2023
@[email protected]
If he or I should say when he is pardoned will the justice department be able to charge Daniel Perry with civil rights violation. Also can he be charged by a military court since he was active duty?
#BlackLivesMatter
#justice
Show threadTracy DuffyApr 11, 2023
@QasimRashid I, as a recent become Texan, believe Governor Abbott is entirely wrong!
Show threadLeeApr 11, 2023

@QasimRashid

Shame

Show threadRevJeberApr 12, 2023
@QasimRashid
Doesn't Florida allow you to drive into protesters now, too?
So many Southern states doing their best to make the Confederacy look not so bad.