Texas governor pardons Uber driver Daniel Perry convicted of murdering BLM protester

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “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,” Mr Abbott said in a statement. Texas Governor Greg Abbott holds a press conference at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, on February 4, 2024 He said at the time that Texas had “one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defence that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney.” On Thursday, Foster’s partner Whitney Mitchell told The Austin American Statesman that she was heartbroken by the governor’s decision. “With this pardon, the Governor has desecrated the life of a murdered Texan, impugned that jury’s just verdict, and declared that citizens can be killed with impunity as long as they hold political views that are different from those in power.” On the night of 25 July 2020 – a summer filled with racial justice protests – Perry was working as an Uber driver in Austin. Daniel Perry pictured in mug shot by Austin Police Department in 2020 In Thursday’s proclamation, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles concluded that Perry’s car had been “surrounded by aggressive protestors who rushed to obstruct, strike, pound, smash, and kick his vehicle” on Congress Avenue in Austin.