Black Lives Matter

The Travis County district attorney argued Gov. Greg Abbott overstepped in pardoning Perry, who fatally shot a Black Lives Matter demonstrator in 2020.

Perry had been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing Garrett Foster during an altercation at a protest in 2020.

The sentencing comes after a Travis County judge refused to grant him a new trial.

Perry is expected to be sentenced Tuesday for the murder of Garrett Foster. Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to review his conviction.

Perry made the comments before and after killing 28-year-old Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in 2020. Last week, Perry was convicted of murder.

By pushing for a review of Daniel Perry’s murder conviction, analysts say Gov. Greg Abbott has taken a Texas-sized leap in touting his pardoning powers. In 2020, Perry shot and killed Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in Austin.

Sgt. Daniel Perry hasn't been sentenced in the killing of Garrett Foster. But the pardons board is already starting to review his case, at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's request.

Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was found guilty of murder Friday for shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

Daniel Perry’s attorneys said he acted in self defense when he shot and killed Garrett Foster, 28, after demonstrators banged on his car during a racial justice protest. He faces life in prison.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Solomon Jones, award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and morning host for WURD radio in Philadelphia.