Just in: @GregAbbott_TX pardons Daniel Perry after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended he do so: gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/PARDON_2024-0001_SGT_DANIEL_PERRY_IMAG_05-16-2024.pdf Perry had been sentenced to 25 years for fatally shooting a man protesting police brutality in downtown Austin: www.texastribune.org/2023/05/10/daniel-perry-murder-austin-protestor/ #txlege

BREAKING: The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended a full pardon to Daniel Perry, convicted in the death of protester Garrett Foster, which Gov. Greg Abbott has previously said he will sign.

NEW: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just pardoned Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. He was sentenced last year to 25 years in prison. His “firearm rights” were also restored. www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/daniel-perry-texas-pardon-recommendation/index.html

Governor Abbott has just pardoned Sergeant Daniel Perry after a unanimous recommendation by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Americans across the country have been watching this case in Texas and praying for justice after BLM riots terrorized the nation in 2020. Our right…