Daniel Perry: Texas pardons US soldier who shot Black Lives Matter protester - BBC News

Daniel Perry shot an armed protester in Austin during a protest in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

Daniel Perry, an ex-US Army sergeant, was moonlighting as an Uber driver in Austin when he turned on to a street where demonstrators were marching.

Garrett Foster, one of the protesters, approached the vehicle carrying a rifle. Perry shot him dead.

Perry said he acted in self-defence, but he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

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