Texas court denies request to reconsider governor's pardon in BLM demonstrator's killing

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A Texas appeals court denied a request to consider whether to reverse Gov. Greg Abbott’s pardon of a man who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

FILE - Daniel Perry enters the courtroom at the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center, May 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas . A Texas appeals court on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, denied a request to consider whether to reverse Gov. Greg Abbott ’s pardon of Perry, who was convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

Abbott, a Republican, pardoned Daniel Perry in May in the 2020 shooting death of Air Force veteran Garrett Foster at a downtown Austin demonstration,Perry, a white ride-share driver, said he accidentally drove into the rally, where he encountered Foster, who also was white and was legally carrying a rifle. Perry said Foster pointed a rifle at him, but witnesses told police Foster did not raise his weapon.

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