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'Stand Your Ground' Laws Are Back in the News, but It's Not Clear Why

The duty to retreat from public confrontations has nothing to do with the cases cited in recent stories about seemingly unjustified shootings.

Reason

Abbott pledges to pardon a groomer

"No nudes until you are old enough": Racist murderer's grooming chats exposed

Salon

Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor

Greg Abbott didn't even wait a single day before calling for the potential pardon of racist murderer Daniel Perry.

Texas Observer

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Fox News has lost control of its viewers

Fox News was founded to control the GOP base — but now the hosts are in the thrall of their worst viewers

Salon

Some of Trump’s party’s signature policies enjoy only meagre public support but rightwing judges and state legislators are proving adept at finding workarounds

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Racist messages by Army sergeant who killed BLM protester revealed as Texas governor looks to pardon him

‘It is official, I am a racist because I do not agree with people acting like animals at the zoo,’ Daniel Perry wrote in a post less than two months before killing Garrett Foster

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Unsealed evidence shows racist comments, threats of violence made by Daniel Perry before killing of Austin protester

Gov. Greg Abbott has said he wants to pardon Perry, who was convicted by a Travis County jury last week.

The Texas Tribune

‘I am a racist’: Daniel Perry wrote, shared trove of racist, anti-protester messages

DALLAS — Newly unsealed court documents reveal Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering a Black Lives Matter protester, talked of killing people and shared racist memes over social media.

Tribune News Service

Docs reveal racist Daniel Perry messages

Daniel Perry repeatedly made racist comments and discussed plans to kill people

Salon

Father of BLM protestor slain by Army sergeant speaks out after Abbott pushes for pardon

Steve Foster remembers how nervous he felt as he flew to Austin from Denver late on April 5 — it was the first time in the state capital since 2020, the year his son was gunned down while attending a Black Lives Matter protest in the city with his fiancée.

Tribune News Service

With tweet about a pardon, Gov. Greg Abbott injects politics into Texas’ criminal justice system

In an unprecedented use of his power, the Republican governor moved to pardon Daniel Perry less than a day after an Austin jury convicted him in the murder of protester Garrett Foster.

The Texas Tribune

Juror slams Greg Abbott as he seeks to pardon man who murdered BLM protester

The governor determined he would pardon Perry less than 24 hours after the murder conviction was announced

The Independent UK

Editorial: Planned pardon in fatal shooting is the GOP's latest retreat from law and order

Apparently, it’s open season on Black Lives Matter protesters in Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott didn’t even bother waiting for the sentencing of a man convicted of shooting and killing a protester supporting the movement before announcing he plans to pardon the shooter. Never mind that a jury has unanimously determined…

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Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon shooter a 'travesty'

An juror in the trial of a Texas man convicted of murder for killing a protester says Gov_ Greg Abbott’s rush to issue a pardon in the case is an “egregious overreach.”

Salon

Greg Abbott's rush to pardon a murderer

From Kyle Rittenhouse to George Zimmerman, Republicans reveal a lot with the accused killers they support

The Independent UK

Abbott's fast-track to pardon in protest killing 'unusual'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving fast to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant convicted in the 2020 killing of an armed protester

WEKU

What to know as Gov. Abbott pushes to pardon a man who was just convicted of murder

Sgt. Daniel Perry hasn't been sentenced in the killing of Garrett Foster. But the pardons board is already starting to review his case, at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's request.

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Salon

Abbott: Pardon man who killed protester

Daniel Perry tweeted that he "might have to kill a few people" on his way to work

The Independent UK

Outrage as Greg Abbott says he will pardon Army sergeant who killed BLM protester: ‘Absolutely insane’

Daniel Perry found guilty of fatally shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster

The Independent UK

Outrage as Greg Abbott says he will pardon Army sergeant who killed BLM protester: ‘Absolutely insane’

Daniel Perry found guilty of fatally shooting 28-year-old Garrett Foster

WEKU

Texas governor seeks to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder

Army Sgt. Daniel Perry was convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed protester in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice, a Texas jury ruled Friday.

Tribune News Service

Texas governor working ‘swiftly’ to pardon Army sergeant convicted of killing BLM protester

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday said he’s working to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020, citing the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws.

The Independent UK

Texas gov. seeks to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott backs call for pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Austin protester in 2020

The governor says he asked the Board of Pardons and Paroles to expedite review, recommend clemency one day after Perry was convicted of murder.

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