Former Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, who was lambasted by the corporate media and targeted by a George Soros-backed district attorney, is a free man after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned him for defending himself against an unruly rioter who brandished an AK-47 at him during the Black Lives Matter chaos in Austin in July 2020.
The pardon, the Lone Star State’s Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed, was a “unanimous recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles,” the body of appointees charged with reviewing the state’s clemency applications.
The New York Times, however, framed Perry’s newfound freedom as the outcome of a partisan pressure campaign fueled by Abbott “fulfilling a promise he made last year amid pressure from conservatives,” rather than a just pardon.
“Texas Governor Pardons Man in Fatal Shooting of Protester in 2020,” the NYT’s headline about the proclamation reads.
The “protestor” in question, Garrett Foster, was among the crowd of George Floyd-inspired agitators blocking Austin’s busy Congress Avenue on July 25, 2020. The rowdy group not only held up traffic, but attempted to intimidate drivers like Perry by assaulting his vehicle.
Perry shot Foster with his handgun when the bandannaed 28-year-old confronted him with what Abbott’s proclamation described as a “Kalashnikov-style rifle in the low-ready firing position.” Seconds after the shooting, Perry called law enforcement to report his act of self-defense.
Footage shows the moments leading up to the shooting death of of 28-year-old Garrett Foster. Authorities detained and later released both shooters, whose
