EndOfLine@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Let me know if I got this correct.
- Perry drives his car, through a red light, into a crowd of protesters.
- After the collision, Garret Foster approaches the vehicle while legally openly carrying an AK-47
- Perry shoots and kills Foster.
- Perry’s admits that the legal weapon was not being aimed at him. In his own words "I believe he was going to aim it at me … I didn’t want to give him a chance to aim at me, you know."
- Perry has a history of "racist and inflammatory social media posts"
- Perry’s own defense team admits to him having “psychological issues, including complex post-traumatic stress disorder”
This is who Texas Governor Greg Abbott pushed to be pardoned? Is that correct?
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 4 months ago
@EndOfLine @wintermute_oregon
I rewatched the video and this was interesting: https://twitter.com/pine_tree_riots/status/1410742168868704258
Looks like the protesters were blocking the road, and it's not that evident that he actually hit anyone. He also was taking a right turn on a red light, which is a legal thing to do.
I can see why #GregAbbott might have wanted to pardon him, although the case certainly isn't exactly cut-and-dry and it's fair to have different takes on this.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Pardoning him was the right thing to do. The protestors were illegally on the road, he didn’t harm anyone, they swarmed his car, someone shot a gun, and Perry thought he was being attacked.