A U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murdering an armed protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Austin was sentenced to prison on Wednesday morning; Gov. Abbott continues push for pardon
Perry's two-day sentencing hearing began Tuesday with the state presenting dozens of pages of text messages and social media posts that they said demonstrated his hostile views of the Black Lives Matter protests following the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer.
Forensic psychologist Greg Hupp testified that he believed Perry has post-traumatic stress disorder from his deployment to Afghanistan and being bullied as a child, and that he may also be on the autism spectrum disorder. Perry did not see combat but was near a soldier who shot themself in the head, Hupp said.U.S. Army Sgt.
Perry said he acted in self-defense. His lawyers asked the judge to consider his more than decadelong military career and hand down a sentence of no more than 10 years. He has been classified as in"civilian confinement" and is ending separation from the military, Army spokesman Bryce Dubee said.
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