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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jim Vertuno

Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor's pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator

Austin American-Statesman

A prosecutor said Tuesday he is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor's pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator.

Travis County District Attorney José Garza and the family of Garrett Foster, who was killed during a protest in July 2020, have called Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's full pardon of Daniel Perry a mockery of the legal system.

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