BREAKING: Texas Governor pardons Army Sergeant Daniel Perry for killing Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster pic.twitter.com/KxPS2g1bID
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) May 16, 2024
Gov. Abbott pardons Daniel Perry after Travis County murder conviction
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he granted a full pardon to the man convicted of shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter protester following a recommendation issued Thursday.
Abbott quickly signed a proclamation after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously to grant a full pardon and restore gun rights to Daniel Perry, a former Army sergeant found guilty of murder by a jury in April 2023 and later sentenced to 25 years in prison.
In a statement Thursday, Abbott said, “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.
JUST IN: Texas board recommends full pardon for Daniel Perry in the shooting of BLM protester Garrett Foster
— BNO News (@BNONews) May 16, 2024
My statement regarding the pardon of Sgt. Daniel Perry. pic.twitter.com/t7UMWdeOV2
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) May 16, 2024