politics @lemmy.world silence7 @slrpnk.net 6mo ago

Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting

The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center

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“The Board voted unanimously to recommend a full pardon and restoration of firearm rights.”

So they recommend to give him his guns back to shoot more protesters. Fucking disgusting.
- Yes. For context, Texas gladly executed a guy for arson in a situation where scientific developments since his trial made it very clear that the evidence didn't really show that arson had happened in the first place
Texas has a long tradition of pardoning lynch mobs.
- Before Abbot or just with Abbot? (I don’t know if Texas has term limits. I’m assuming no)
  
  Since its inception
The prosecutors should immediately contact the DOJ and see if a federal case makes sense. Governor Murder-Pardoner can't pardon a federal conviction.
- Wouldn't that be double jeopardy since he has already been tried and convicted by the court?
  
  Nope. It's only double jeopardy if it happens in the same jurisdiction. A Federal trial would mean federal charges, which aren't the same as state charges. Not the same charges, not double jeopardy.
I guess some lives matter more than others... To Republicans anyway.
- Yes, that’s the entire point of “black lives matter”
Just a honest showing of what it means to be a Conservative Republican Christian.
Fucking atrocious.
Better article that includes a list of racist statements Perry posted to social media that were just unsealed by the judge in his trial.
Texas has one of the strongest ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive District Attorney,” he said in a statement. “I thank the Board for its thorough investigation, and I approve their pardon recommendation.

pesky juries and DAs thinking they have legal authority!
Once again, Governor Hot Wheels and his Cavalcade of Corruption are doing what they do best: being completely and totally ignorant as to the desires of the population.
- Not cool. We don’t make fun of people because they are in wheelchairs
  
  He's a living, breathing piece of shit. A real medical marvel if you ask me. He deserves to be called every single slur in the book.
  
  We have free reign when the subject is a fascist piece of republican trash who pardons cold blooded murderers.
  
  I wish the tree would have done a better job on that absolute waste of human life.
Sounds like federal civil rights violations to me.
- Who's gonna enforce it? Nothing happend last time Texas broke federal law and had a little standoff with federal immigration officers.
  
  DOJ. There are Federal charges for this guy as well as civil suits.
Be sure to let the bOtH siDeS kids know how you feel about their bullshit when you see it.
Knowing Abbott I am not surprised.
Garbage state full of garbage people.
- Not all of us condone this kind of shit.
  
  No, just the millions that voted for him AND the millions that didn't even bother to vote.
  
  To be fair he said it's full of garbage people, not that all of you are garbage people. If my house had 2 garbage people in it I would be tempted to take the garbage out as that's full for me.

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