Houston - Governor Greg Abbott this week issued a full pardon to Daniel Perry, the Austin Uber driver who shot and killed an armed protester back in 2020 during a "Black Lives Matter" protest.
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Abbott pardons driver in BLM protest death
Governor Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, the Uber driver convicted of murder for shooting an armed protester during a 2020 BLM protest, citing Texas's robust stand-your-ground laws.
Perry claimed he acted in self-defense when he fired at Garrett Foster who was wielding an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle.
An Austin jury saw it differently - convicting Perry of murder and sentencing him to 25 years in prison.
On Thursday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously in favor of a pardon, which the governor granted - writing "Texas has one of the strongest "stand your ground" laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney"