Soldier who Abbott pledged to pardon gets 25 years for BLM protester’s murder
by Associated Press in Austin from US news | The Guardian on (#6BMQH)
Daniel Perry, 36, convicted of killing Garrett Foster, 28, at Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 while working as ride-share driver
A US army sergeant was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday, for fatally shooting an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas - even after the Republican governor said he wanted to pardon the man.
Daniel Perry, 36, was convicted of murder in April for killing Garrett Foster during the downtown Austin protest in July 2020.
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