'Alliance with White Nationalists': Texas Gov Rebuked for Pardoning Shooter of BLM Protester

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Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a pardon on Thursday for Daniel Perry, who was convicted of fatally shooting Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in 2020. Abbott's pardon came less than an hour after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended it, Austin-based investigative journalist Tony Plohetski noted on social media.

'It seems like this is some kind of a political circus and it's costing me my life.' She added that Foster 'deserved so much better' and was 'out there protecting people from people like Perry.' Foster's partner Whitney Mitchell said: 'I am heartbroken by this lawlessness. Gov. Abbott has shown that, to him, only certain lives matter. He has made us all less safe.' 'With this pardon, the governor has desecrated the life of a murdered Texan and U.S.

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