Texas Pardons Convicted Killer Of Black Lives Matter Protester

Published 2024-05-16
U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, who was sentenced last year for murdering a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020, was pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday, freeing him from a 25-year prison sentence.

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All Comments (21)
  • @HiRhyssGaming
    Media outlets never cease to amaze me, they will never report a story correctly
  • @royzgaming441
    They forget to mention the man had a gun pointed at him when he fired
  • @samaritan_sys
    1:17 "Perry drove on the road where he was accosted by rioters, one of whom brandished a firearm at him, after which he shot back in the most obvious case of self-defense in the last decade." ^ Fixed it for you, Forbes.
  • Even the way this article was written seemed suspicious. Man, after the last three years I will never hear the news the same.
  • @dasjuggernaut1
    I think you meant to say the guy who was wrongfully convicted of shooting a armed protester in self defense who was pointing a AK at him.
  • @AliceBowie
    It's insane they ever charged him with a crime.
  • @Piant_Genis
    Never should have been in prison in the first place. Self defense
  • @budemawa411
    "Man who defended himself and was persecuted by a corrupt DA finally given justice" For those with brains.
  • @jameyjacade28
    Another reason we don’t trust the media anymore. Good for Texas
  • It's about time an American protecting himself and family gets a break
  • @johnscott5662
    How different from NYC’s prosecution of Daniel Perry for defending fellow subway passengers from a maniac. God bess Texas.
  • @_oly_241
    Should have never been charged to begin with!!!
  • @robertsmall1657
    So you’re surrounded by angry protestors refusing to let you pass, and a man wielding an AK47 stops your car, asks you to roll your window down, and you shoot him in self defense, and people have the nerve to ask “well, was he pointing the ak47 at you?” Thank God this man was pardoned.
  • @JerryFinchum
    This pardon should have occurred long ago. And he should have never been charged to begin with.
  • How did the judge ever allow the case to go to the jury instead of a directed verdict, and how did a reasonable jury convict him? Thank you, Gov. Abbott, for giving justice in this case.
  • @juegomaestro11
    It was an incredible injustice in a rigged court. Totally self-defense. This is why pardoning power exists.