"Masterful. The judge waited to release these texts until AFTER Greg Abbott called for the pardon."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

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Masterful. The judge waited to release these texts until AFTER
@GregAbbott_TX
called for the pardon. Now Abbott is on record publicly and loudly demanding a pardon for a self-proclaimed racist and convicted murder.

'I am a racist:' Texas man convicted of murdering BLM protester’s social media posts reveal racist comments, anti-protester views https://statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/04/13/daniel-perry-trial-social-media-racist-anti-protester-comments-gov-abbott-garrett-foster/70113166007/ via @statesman

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[Freethinker65]

1. Locker room talk. Just a Patriot tourist. Only standing his ground when felt threatened.

So no right to life for minorities in TX.

[lees1975]

26. The guy that Perry shot was white, 28, male and an Air Force Veteran.

And was carrying an AK-47 himself. It would have been difficult for Perry to feel threatened, though, since he had just driven his car into a crowd of anti-police violence protesters, which is how he encountered Foster. He shot the guy then took off, so it would have been difficult to find a jury that would have agreed with him thinking he was threatened.

I'm not sure why all of his racist, white supremacist, KKK rhetoric wasn't admitted in the trial, since he was obviously enraged over an anti-police protest, and over a white guy protesting in it.

[appmanga]

27. The shooter probably didn't know...

...at the time the man he shot had a black girlfriend, but I bet he jizzed like hell once he found out.

[Paladin]

2. Smooth move as usual, Abbott.

You handled this racist piece of shit every bit as good as you've been handling the state's power grid.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. Texas power grid is a living monument for changing to a public utility

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. I sense a change in The Force, Luke! The Jurists Strike Back!

[StClone]

5. Abbott may find it even more reason to pardon.

All Daniel Perry needs is an assault-style (hunting) weapon of war to be released back into the place called Texas.

[Dios Mio]

6. I don't think he cares what we think

[JustAnotherGen]

7. I can't believe

Texans voted for this piece of shit - and given the opportunity - will vote for him again.

[RegulatedCapitalistD]

12. Because a very large swath are Americans are concerned about losing their Majority

It really is that simple. They will also help adopt an Authoritarian Fascist to Office even if that means they have abandoned Democracy to hold onto that majority

We are already in a Cold Civil War with these people whether we admit that or not.

[yonder]

20. "...are WHITE Americans...."

and a hearty welcome to DU.

[RegulatedCapitalistD]

21. Exactly...THAT group!

They do not have any platform, Budget or Policies...They just hate US! They are obsessed with hurting US (for making them endure a Black President for one) to the exclusion of everything else....even if it hurts them too in the longrun.

And thanks for the warm welcome

[Evolve Dammit]

32. Yep indeed. Welcome!

[Dios Mio]

14. You are exactly right.

Texas used to be a nicer place.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. That depended on what color you were.

[NullTuples]

23. That goes for all of romanticized America.

[housecat]

30. At least their votes were counted

[getagrip_already]

8. he won't care, he will still pardon him.....

But what is with this call for a pardon nonesense? Can't he just issue one? Does it have to go through some agency first?

[Zilli]

13. Abbott can have the empowering opportunity

of pardoning him again after he goes out and kills some more people who have no right to life in texas. /s

[lees1975]

25. If I'm not mistaken, from the time I lived in Texas, I believe the governor must have

a recommendation from the pardons and parole board before he can issue a pardon. It's not a blanket pardon like the President has.

[louis-t]

29. The presidential pardon has traditionally been

used after recommendations from the DOJ when the family of a convicted person petitions them. TFG changed all that, pardoning mostly his friends and other weirdos (Kwame Kilpatrick, fer chrissakes).

[Major Nikon]

9. You'd have to be fucking stupid not to realize the dipshit was racist even before this

Abbot wants to pardon him precisely because he's a racist piece of shit because he's a hero to all of his racist piece of shit constituents.

[flying_wahini]

10. Go read the article! Loads to unpack. Three quips from it below. Oh, and he is Jewish.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/04/13/daniel-perry-trial-social-media-racist-anti-protester-comments-gov-abbott-garrett-foster/70113166007/

He also posted on June 1, 2020 "It is official I am a racist because I do not agree with people acting like animals at the zoo."

On another Facebook post on June 1, 2020, Perry wrote: “now it is my turn to get banned (from Facebook) by comparing the black lives matter movement to a zoo full of monkeys that are freaking out flinging their s--t.”

Perry, who is Jewish, said in another Facebook post that a Black Lives Matter leader had compared a Jew to a termite.

Perry shared countless memes on Facebook including one that said "If this symbol represents racism in America ...(shows Confederate flag) SO DO THESE (shows NAACP logo, Hispanic scholarship fund, American Association for Affirmative Action, BET, UNCP, the democratic party logo, etc.)

[bringthePaine]

11. 🧐seems RefuKKKchickens have reached an inflection point

[Chainfire]

15. Is being a self-proclaimed racist in Texas a negative?

[Paladin]

24. Among hundreds of thousands of decent Texans, it sure as hell is a negative. (nt)

[Thunderbeast]

16. Did Daniel Perry violate the civil rights of Mr. Foster?

If so, a Federal case could be made...putting him back in prison for years as in the Aubrey trial.

Anyone suppose that the DOJ is watching?

[bronxiteforever]

17. Abbott is a racist. All of his actions proclaim him so. N/t

[LudwigPastorius]

19. Smeg Abbott can go fuck himself.

[Deep State Witch]

22. That's A Bonus

For a lot of people in Texas.

[Rhiannon12866]

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[DallasNE]

31. Unstated

But just below the surface is the role the enablers like Trump and Abbott have played in creating these monsters. Both are very complicit, along with all of the other corrupt enablers. Why don't accessory laws come into play here?

[Cha]

33. Kick TY!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Greg is going to regret this stunt

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