TX Man Who Killed BLM Protester Gets 25 Years [Video]

The Associated Press reports:

A U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed protester at a Black Lives Matter march in Texas was sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday, after prosecutors used his social media history and text messages to portray him as a racist who may commit violence again.

Daniel Perry’s sentence now pushes the case toward a potentially thorny decision for Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who has said he wants to issue a swift pardon.

Abbott lauded Texas’ tough Stand Your Ground self-defense laws and said Perry was railroaded by a liberal prosecutor. Since then, Perry’s trail of texts and online posts, including shockingly racist images, have been made public, and the governor has stayed silent on the matter.

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BREAKING: A U.S. Army sergeant has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a legally armed protester during a 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstration in Texas.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Daniel Perry. https://t.co/gbrRPs7fi6

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 10, 2023