Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was driving for Uber in downtown Austin, Texas on Saturday, July 25th, 2020. That night, a black lives matter protest marched down Congress Avenue. As Perry’s car attempted to turn onto Congress from Fourth Street, the car was surrounded by marchers. One of those protesters was Garrett Foster who was carrying a slung AK-47 rifle.
As the crowd surrounded Perry’s car, Foster raised his rifle. That’s when Perry shot and killed him.
Here is the video from the night Daniel Perry, an active duty Army Sergeant, lawfully defended himself against a BLM rioter with an AK-47 before having his right of self defense made illegal by a Soros-funded DA.
Pardon Daniel Kelly @GregAbbott_TX pic.twitter.com/wVje5AGQag
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 7, 2023
The shooting was investigated by Austin Police and the Travis County District Attorney at the time and ruled an act of self-defense. In November of 2020, however, Jose Garza, a Soros-backed “progressive” prosecutor was elected as Travis County DA. He reopened the investigation and convened a grand jury.
Daniel Perry case — read the affidavit from the lead detective, claiming that the Soros DA directed him “to remove exculpatory information that I had intended to present to the grand jury during my testimony.”
This detective believes the Soros DA acted criminally. pic.twitter.com/3iDhWUZLkh
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) April 8, 2023
An Austin police detective who investigated the shooting accused the Travis County DA of forcing him to alter his testimony to the grand jury, removing possibly exculpatory information, in order to obtain an indictment.
In a sworn affidavit, Detective David Fugitt wrote, “I firmly believe the District Attorney’s Office, acting under the authority of José P. Garza, tampered with me as a witness.” However, a district judge reviewing these claims said he didn’t see any behavior in this case rising to the level of criminal conduct by the D.A. …
In the sworn affidavit, Fugitt claims he had “several conversations” with the District Attorney’s Office regarding evidence that could have been favorable to Perry but “it became clear to me that the District Attorney’s Office did not want to present” this evidence. Fugitt said he was ordered to remove more than 100 slides from his presentation and felt like he “did not have any other options but to comply with their orders.”
Perry was indicted and charged with with murder, aggravated assault in July of 2021. On Friday, Perry was found guilty of murder and not guilty of the aggravated assault charge.
The courtroom became emotional as a Travis County judge read the jury’s verdict for Daniel Perry during a trial for his role in the shooting death of Austin protester Garrett Foster.
Read what Foster’s family said about the end of the trial:https://t.co/PblmgqiQdA pic.twitter.com/tqRUrlYMPp
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) April 8, 2023
The prosecution based its case not only on what happened that night on Congress Avenue, but also what Perry had written on social media.
Supporters of Perry immediately began calling on Texas Governor Greg Abbott to pardon Perry. Last night, Abbott announced that he’s begun that process which requires action by the Texas Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.
I am working as swiftly as Texas law allows regarding the pardon of Sgt. Perry. pic.twitter.com/HydwdzneMU
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) April 8, 2023
A sentencing hearing for Perry is scheduled for Tuesday.