Jeanne MillerMay 16, 2024
Steve Herman
More than a year after a jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester in Austin, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has pardoned the former Army sergeant. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/16/daniel-perry-greg-abbott-pardon/
Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020

A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

The Texas Tribune
May 16, 2024 at 9:08pmWeb
Show threadNeil Carpenter May 16, 2024

@w7voa Apparently, it's legal to open carry in Texas only if you're a certain sort of person. If you're attending a Black Lives Matter protest and you approach a self-proclaimed racist trying to drive his car through the crowd to suggest that, maybe, he ought not to drive his car through the crowd, it's perfectly acceptable to just shoot you.

This pardon is absolutely infuriating for how baldly political, and wrong, it is.

Show threadNeil Carpenter May 16, 2024

@w7voa I didn't remember this case so I've spent a bunch of time, now, reading through the available material to make sense of this one. Perry claimed the shooting was in self-defense but nobody else saw Foster raise the rifle...and, if Foster did point the gun at him, how was Perry able to draw and shoot without getting shot himself?

There's just not even a little bit of ambiguity here. A man openly professed his desire to shoot Black Lives Matter protestors. He shot a Black Lives Matter protestor with no provocation. He was rightfully convicted. And, now, Greg Abbott has pardoned him to make it clear that there's nothing wrong with provoking and shooting BLM (and, presumably, other) protestors.

Show threadTiconderogaNo1May 16, 2024
@w7voa Seems like we're well on the way to GOP death squads.
Show threadUnfunnyRyan 🌎 ♻️May 16, 2024
@w7voa sickening
Show threadJeanne MillerMay 16, 2024
@w7voa There's a madman running the state of Texas without term limits.
Show threadTopKnotMay 16, 2024

@w7voa

Someone challenged Abbot by saying, "show us you're a racist asshole without saying you're a racist asshole."

And Abbot did just that. He thinks he won an additional female virgin when he heads to the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Show threadBeeksMay 16, 2024
@w7voa I promise to pardon whoever murders Abbott.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMay 17, 2024

@w7voa

Daniel Perry may be "free" but he may experience the same public opprobrium as Kyle Rittenhouse. Deservedly.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kyle-rittenhouse-ends-qa-early_n_65fc544be4b0d2a3e7778b59

https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-blasted-new-pardon-worse-rittenhouse-1901677
https://boingboing.net/2024/01/07/kyle-rittenhouse-supporters-publish-game-about-killing-his-detractors-en-masse.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/24/shooter-kyle-rittenhouse-student-gun-rights-college-speaker/73357458007/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Rittenhouse

Republicans like their mass shooters
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-welcomes-nice-young-104502433.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Kyle Rittenhouse Abandons Q&A After Being Confronted About Organizer's Racist Remarks

Rittenhouse prematurely ended an appearance at University of Memphis after being shouted down by protesters.

HuffPost