“I look forward to approving the Board’s pardon recommendation as soon as it hits my desk,” the Texas governor said on Twitter.
which gives individuals the right to use reasonable force, including deadly force, to protect themselves.
“Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” Abbott wrote on Twitter.Travis County District Attorney José Garza, whose office prosecuted the case, did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News’ request for a comment. During his campaign for District Attorney, Garza took a more progressive stance on a platform of police accountability, during the BLM movement.
At the time, Foster wore a bandana around his face and carried an AK-47, which is permitted under Texas’s open carry law. He was with his wife Whitney Mitchell who is a quadruple paraplegic, and his friend, Jeremy Lett, who was pushing Mitchell’s wheelchair during the protest, according to the Tribune.The Tribune also reported that Perry’s lawyers argued during the tiral that he was acting in self-defense when he shot Foster five times through the window of his car before driving away.
Prosecutors also presented evidence of Perry’s Facebook messages which included,"No protesters go near me or my car" and"I might go to Dallas to shoot looters." Almost a month before the attack, in May 31, 2020, Perry sent a message that read, "I might have to kill a few people on my way to work. They are rioting outside my apartment complex," according to Fox 7 Austin. , a friend replied to that message asking “Can you legally do so?” to which Perry said, “If they attack me or try to pull me out of my car then yes.”“This was clearly premeditated,” Ryan Foster told the Statesman on Saturday. “He thought a lot about it and planned on doing it.
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