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Texas AG Paxton slams 'Soros-backed' prosecutor after jury convicts Army sergeant for shooting protester
Sgt. Daniel Perry claimed he had acted in self-defense in the shooting of an armed man at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020
Texas AG Paxton slams 'Soros-backed' prosecutor after jury convicts Army sergeant for shooting protester
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is blasting a “Soros-backed" prosecutor after a Texas jury found Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant, guilty in the shooting death of an armed protester in Austin.
www.foxnews.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is lashing out at a "Soros-backed" prosecutor after a Lone Star State jury found Daniel Perry, a U.S. Army sergeant, guilty in the shooting death of an armed protester in Austin during anti-police demonstrations in the summer of 2020.
"Self-defense is a God-given right, not a crime. Unfortunately, the Soros-backed DA in Travis County cares more about the radical agenda of dangerous Antifa and BLM mobs than justice," Paxton said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"This week has shown us how rogue prosecutors have weaponized the judicial system," he added. "They must be stopped!"
Paxton's comments blaming Travis County DA José Garza come after a Texas jury deliberated for two days and ultimately ruled against Perry in the fatal shooting.
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The shooting involving Sgt. Perry occurred during Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted across the Texas state capital and the rest of the United States nearly three years ago.
Perry, who was stationed at Fort Hood at the time, was driving for Uber to make extra money in downtown Austin on the night of July 25, 2020, when he encountered a large crowd of protesters. They were illegally blocking city streets that night, according to police, as protesters in Austin and elsewhere had done during the weeks of rioting.
Among the protesters was 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who was carrying an AK-47. Perry's defense team says that the demonstrators encircled and starting pounding on his vehicle and that Foster raised the firearm at Perry, prompting him to open fire with a handgun he legally carried for self-defense.
"When Garrett Foster pointed his AK-47 at Daniel Perry, Daniel had two tenths of a second to defend himself. He chose to live," Doug O’Connell, an attorney for Perry, previously told Fox in a statement.
"It may be legal in Texas to carry an assault rifle in downtown Austin. It doesn’t make it a good idea. If you point a firearm at someone, you’re responsible for everything that happens next."
Commentary:
This was clearly self-defense so a recommendation to pardon would be justified, IMHO. Will they do so? Doubtful in Travis County.
Will AG Ken Paxton launch a civil rights investigation into the DA Garza who forced a cop to change evidence?
Reading the Left-wing Austin papers and mainstream media, it feels like we are talking about two entirely different cases. They paint Perry as having planned and pre-meditated going to the BLM riot to purposely shoot someone.
Seems the governor's pardoning power was reined in by Texas legislature some time ago after previous governors abused it.
The question remains, was exculpatory evidence suppressed and hidden from the jury by DA, Jose Garza.
It would be much better for everyone if the Courts and “justice system” itself slapped down the DA, Jose Garza.
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