Texas Governor Pushes for Pardon of Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Protester at BLM Rally
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that he is working to pardon Daniel Perry, an army sergeant who was convicted of killing a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. Perry was found guilty of murder on Friday, but Abbott has requested the state's board of pardons and paroles to determine if a pardon should be granted. Perry's defense argued that he shot the protester in self-defense after the protester approached his car with an assault-style rifle.
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