A former U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering Garrett Foster, a Black Lives Matter protester, in Austin in 2020 will be set free after Texas Governor Greg Abbott pardoned him. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended the release of Daniel Perry on Thursday, according to USA …
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On Wednesday, a judge sentenced Daniel Perry to 25 years in prison for the murder of Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster. However, it is unclear how much time Perry will serve, as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised he will pardon Perry if the Texas Board of Pardons and …
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Daniel Perry,who was convicted ofmurdering28-year-old Black Lives Matterprotesterand military veteran Garrett Foster, posted and sent racist messages for years according to new court records, the Statesman reports. On Thursday, a Travis County judge in Texas unsealed 76 pages of court documents dating back years in which Perry, a U.S. Army …
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For Whitney Mitchell, the evening of July 25, 2020, replays in her mind over and over. It’s the day her husband Garrett Foster was shot and killed in front of her during a protest against police brutality in Austin, Texas. “It’s difficult to watch somebody that you love — who …
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A jury in Austin, Texas, has found Daniel Perry guilty of murdering Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster in the summer of 2020. In a case that has put Texas’ gun laws on display, the jury found Perry had not acted in self-defense when he drove into a crowd of …
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The New York Police Department’s violent tactics during the 2020 protests against police violence and racial injustice could cost New York City and its taxpayers between $4 and $6 million thanks to a new settlement. New York City has agreed to pay $21,500 each to the approximately 300 people who …
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There was a fleeting moment, in the beginning of this unprecedented global pandemic, when I was released from the gravity of my skin. Our country was quarantined, isolated, imagining the worst from an invisible enemy. In Seattle, everyone wore masks, myself included. The world had emptied, and for the first …
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According to police, last Sunday at around 2:30 p.m. Chicago police officers responded to a “call of a person with a gun” in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood, and saw someone who matched the description in an alley. Police said the subject then ran and shot at officers while …
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As nightly protests have dominated downtown Portland for nearly two months, both local officials and the Trump administration have attempted to cast the largely peaceful demonstrators as ruffians with suspect political values, hellbent on destruction. “It’s a very big difference between protests and the kind of mayhem that we’ve seen …
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