{"id":140834,"date":"2023-05-04T09:51:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=140834"},"modified":"2023-05-04T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:51:08","slug":"sergeant-daniel-perry-denied-retrial-governor-greg-abbot-wants-to-pardon-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=140834","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant Daniel Perry denied retrial, Governor Greg Abbot wants to pardon him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-120652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sgt-perry.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sergeant Daniel Perry, who stood trial for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester, recently had his retrial request denied. Perry argued that the protester pointed a gun at him. The Jury, however, unanimously convicted him of his charges partly based on anti-BLM comments he made on social media. Governor Greg Abbot has stated that he will sign a pardon recommendation for Perry should one reach his desk.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">From the Military Times:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sgt. Daniel Perry faces up to life in prison for the 2020 fatal shooting of 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was legally carrying an AK-47 rifle through downtown Austin during a summer of nationwide unrest over police killings and racial injustice.<\/p>\n<p>Perry sought a retrial in part over claims of improper jury behavior during trial and deliberations. State District Judge Clifford Brown, who presided over the original trial, denied the request after a brief hearing.<\/p>\n<p>A jury unanimously voted to convict Perry on April 7. The verdict prompted outrage from prominent conservatives including former Fox News star Tucker Carlson, who called the shooting an act of self-defense and criticized Abbott on the air after he didn&#8217;t come on his show.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott, a former judge who has not ruled out a 2024 presidential run, tweeted the next day that &#8220;Texas has one of the strongest &#8216;Stand Your Ground&#8217; laws&#8221; and that he looked forward to signing a pardon once a recommendation hits his desk.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has already begun what legal experts say is a highly unusual and immediate review of the case on the orders of Abbott, who appoints the panel.<\/p>\n<p>The governor has not said publicly how he came to his conclusion. It is not clear when the parole board will reach a decision on Perry&#8217;s case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Military Times presents more information on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/05\/03\/soldier-who-texas-governor-wants-to-pardon-denied-retrial\/\">event<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sergeant Daniel Perry, who stood trial for shooting a Black Lives Matter protester, recently had his &hellip; <a title=\"Sergeant Daniel Perry denied retrial, Governor Greg Abbot wants to pardon him\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=140834\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sergeant Daniel Perry denied retrial, Governor Greg Abbot wants to pardon him<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}