Texas governor pardons man convicted of killing protester at 2020 BLM rally

Daniel Perry, a former US Army sergeant who was convicted of murdering a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020, was released from prison Thursday after he was pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. #CNN #News

[@Gman513]

Driving a car through a red light into a crowd should have a prison sentence in itself. This is insanity

[@allcrimeschannel]

he had a gun wtf

[@moneyparhar]

Crowd should not be on road

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

​@@moneyparhar And certainly not with an AR tucked under your jacket 😂 bye bye Antifa 😂 Trump2024

[@chrispowers5568]

@@MAGASTRIKETEAM2024? 😆 Abbott can’t pardon that crook. 🤪

[@shawnleestephens9627]

​@@MAGASTRIKETEAMYou would love him if he supported Trump. And is the reason your delusional thinking is destroying your country.

[@GO-GO_SO-SO]

Would the Texas governor had pardoned him if it was a pro-Trump protest? Heck no!

[@williamhenry9705]

Fug got s block my posts.

[@PeterHenderson46]

I guess we’ll never get to find-out, considering we’ve never seen a pro-Trump protest, where the "protesters" stand in the road to prevent free movement in a public space, and then surround a citizen’s car while brandishing a "military style assault rifle."

[@TaraReade64]

I guess we’ll never get to find-out, considering we’ve never seen a pro-Trump protest, where the "protesters" stand in the road to prevent free movement in a public space, and then surround a citizen’s car while brandishing a "military style assault rifle."

[@Diggyoz]

Cry harder

[@Hesler7]

Aww are you butt hurt

[@hgfku-tn6hb]

It's very wrong for law to have sympathy over the people who themselves lack sympathy over others

[@middleguy1776]

So it's wrong to follow the law because of your feelings? Seems logical

[@shanegreen9511]

​@@middleguy1776yes

[@Croakin]

Like yourself lmao

[@brailrice]

Tell that to the democrats who release criminals daily across this country and allow illegals to come into this country to commit heinous crimes.

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

⁠@@middleguy1776injustice justifies rebellion

[@user-unionwrestling]

I will never in life be a Republican again! This is disgraceful!

[@microsoft-pox]

Well you’re still a liar. The political path is a one way street. Children start out as liberals and adults end up conservatives. It doesn’t go the other way. Unless you suffered some out of brain injury. If that’s the case, I withdraw the “liar” statement.

[@user-jz7bw6yf9s]

Bye 👋 we don't need you

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

Good, we don't want a RINO anyway, you are clearly a wishy washy 🤡 and not wanted 😂 Trump2024

[@jasielm5258]

Good! We don’t want you either

[@brianmartinez7530]

Imagine how Ashley babbitt family feels

[@Francebras]

Pro life when it suits them..

[@ItsMeMario-nm7rk]

Self defense bud

[@serjarmen]

@@ItsMeMario-nm7rknope, court said otherwise. Your feelings on the issue does not make it a fact

[@brianmartinez7530]

How about Ashley babbitt

[@kiiwii11]

ashley babbit was dumb

[@ItsMeMario-nm7rk]

@@serjarmen not per the lead detective and the Board of Pardons. Self defense 😁

[@fabianrivero776]

What is the purpose of having a juror verdict if a governor can step in a criminal conviction and just justify a crime?

[@XYtrumpsXX]

so that people wrongly convicted can be freed

[@ITSONLYMEWATCHING]

Because it was self defense and it was politically motivated.

[@pressinpickle345]

​@@XYtrumpsXXwrongly?

[@Deb_BG]

@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING LIAR

[@XYtrumpsXX]

@pressinpickle345 Yes. A crowd of hundreds of miscreants vs. one guy? Surrounding his car and approaching him with a weapon? Did you see the deceased's interview?

[@Meemeeseecoo]

Dude what?!! This is some shit you would have seen a century ago.

[@Sturmavk]

A Governor pardoning someone? 😂👎🏿

[@Hautehead13]

Congratulations to George Kirby on his sobriety.

[@delta5297]

The GOP is a terrorist organization.

[@Croakin]

@@Hautehead13 When do you start?

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

​@@Sturmavka governor pardoning a vet-murderer...

[@Rebecca.C.G]

It's almost like letting the president and governors have the power to pardon convicted criminals is a bad idea and there should have been a separation of executive and judicial powers.

[@Croakin]

​@RandyWatson-xx5fmCan you read?

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

It's almost as if it's a bad idea to let George Soros control government D.A.s all over the country.

[@roadwarrior6039]

F BLM and Anitfa 😂

[@dougm7744]

​@RandyWatson-xx5fmthen how'd you know what he asked?! 😂

[@allenkranawetter9482]

The person PARDONED was defending his life from evil

[@robhaltomrhaltom865]

As a person born in Texas, I am completely disgusted by Governor Abbot. Shame on Abbot.

[@rickysampson8759]

You voted for Biden who supports genocide. You are a shill

[@I-dont-reply]

You forgot about the part where the protestor pointed his rifle at him first. You’d probably let the guy pull the trigger on you in the name of not being considered racist 😅

[@Lancelot0311]

Move to California then. Keep Texas Red

[@lisal9829]

@@I-dont-reply He did not. Liar.

[@jjmaguire8281]

Nobody Cares move to cali😂😂😂

[@johnnyeas1431]

He walked up to a car and blocked its movement while he was holding a rifle. What in the world did you think would happen?

[@dtsh4451]

He found out 😂

[@ThePhenom777]

He was actually at the side window raising his AK while others blocked the car.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽bravo aren’t you hilarious

[@elmosweed4985]

You forgot the part when the car ran a red light and drove into the crowd. I guess people do not have a right to defend themselves and others against cars.

[@elmosweed4985]

@@ThePhenom777 Because he had just drove thru the crowd trying to kill someone.

[@gianpietroprevitali7103]

This is GOP law and order party.. what a despicable human being you are Mr. Abbot. A man without a moral compass and decency beside owing the libs to the point of cruelty and lobbying for power. You can feel the pain of this woman and how she feels completely overwhelmed from the injustice that stroke her twice .. one from blind rage and one for political calculation .. you can feel the coldness of an action so gratuitous and so so wrong .. if you are wondering when political steps into violence this how it starts, by outrageous abuse of power such as this .. just saying

[@user-uv9jv1nl8p]

This is Abbott saying he does not support our legal system!

[@user-vw4ln2gq8f]

This is Abbot following the legal system to a tee. Comprehension isn’t your strong suit is it?

[@jerryherrin458]

You're only allowed to open carry if you're a member of a certain club...

[@harryfarber6435]

Yeah you’re frowned upon if you lie on an atf form and yo daddy ain’t the prez

[@brianmartinez7530]

You mean like unarmed Ashley babbitt

[@jerryherrin458]

@@brianmartinez7530 Was that the stupid brainwashed girl member of a riot that smashed through a window and tried to charge congressmen who were sheltering feet away?

[@user-mv8dm6zs6j]

Both the shooter and deceased were legally carrying.

[@annmhmoore0771]

They both were white the one who died and the one who is in prison. What club are you talking about?

[@Mr.J.wick..]

United States we have a huge problem and it’s our own Government‼️

[@StormyNatero-yd7sj]

Well go vote and elect people to replace them. Welcome to the USA 🇺🇸.

[@Unchainedful]

Question is what are you or anyone else going to do about it? Nothing? Now shut up and eat your damn soup.

[@davidjones6389]

That is a state issue, outsider.

[@madboyreadynow28]

NO $!

[@Mr.J.wick..]

@@StormyNatero-yd7sj Bitch what you think we been doing 🤦🏾‍♂️,paying taxes‼️

[@derricklangford4725]

I just can't even possibly wrap my head around what Mrs Foster is going through, I'm praying for her peace 🙏🏾

[@erikholmysti]

Cruelty is the point of the GOP

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

Hi Erik, you know what's truly " cruel " snowflake? Is your President killing 13 serviceman in Afghanistan and checking his watch every 5 minutes while their bodies are being off loaded, THAT son is" Cruel " now go take out the garbage before you clean my pool 😂 Trump2024

[@moneyparhar]

Ok clown. BLM pointed gun at him

[@magicray5088]

Gop is out of their minds.... and they don't care who sees it.... we must get out and vote and register as a Republican to change them from within...

[@holyland6380]

It's not just cruelty. It's lawlessness.

[@jeckjeck3119]

Biden should give a blank pardon to some good guy who can fix this abuse of justice.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

The parole board unanimouslty recommended this.

[@mysticaccy]

Then what's the point of having a jury!?!

[@Diggyoz]

So everyone wrongly convicted of a crime should be kept in prison because a jury voted to convict them?

[@michaeldice7459]

Seems perfectly reasonable. It's a shame this happened at all. He shouldn't have been there in the first place. He wasn't law enforcement and approached a vehicle with a loaded gun without any authority just to bully people and found out that's a bad idea

[@Opiemus]

Yes he FAFO! 😵

[@luvitluvitbaby]

Yet no pardon for Nathaniel Woods who didn’t kill anyone. He was executed by the state in 2020.

[@elmosweed4985]

Was the car stopped at a red light ? Or did the car run the red light and drive into the crowd of people ? Why can a person not defend themselves against a car ?

[@michaeldice7459]

@@elmosweed4985 an armed vehicle didn't approach a stopped person. An armed person of no authority approached a stopped vehicle and attempted to intimidate with a loaded weapon. That particular scenario you've described never happened there. It did however happen up north during a Christmas parade where a driver ran over innocent grandmother's though

[@michaeldice7459]

@@elmosweed4985 they could if the car was moving towards them but that's not what happened

[@ldy2hzlft1111]

Why do we have trials if the Govenor can pardon ppl?

[@Nobushido]

bc people were intimidated by BLM protests outside the courthouse in the original conviction.

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

​@@Nobushido so now you're just making up lies?

[@Lancelot0311]

To keep innocent people from going to Prison. That’s why

[@Ma.Basthoris]

What a joke and slap in the face. I see this as an abuse of power .

[@6actual911]

Abuse of POWER??? Don't bring an AK47 to a road block and point it at anyone..

[@glennmandigo6069]

How? Guy acted in self defense

[@jumpers500]

@@glennmandigo6069 Exactly. If you saw the video, you'd know he pointed his rifle firsr.

[@nottoday.9503]

If Abbott abused his power, then it’s up to the people of Texas to impeach him.

[@glennmandigo6069]

@@jumpers500 I have seen the video

[@DaVinciTank24]

Law & order for me but not for thee. You're inviting vigilante justice with this move Abbott close Pandora's box.

[@aishiac7371]

Wicked. These people are just so wicked, but who’s surprise? I’m sure there are people sitting in Jail that are truly innocent, but this is what the Governor chooses to do. Disgusting.

[@lesleyphillips8146]

I read that there is an innocent man in prison and Gov Sarah Huckabee wont do anything about releasing him. The GOP are pure EVIL.

[@camelsh-t_on_the_walls446]

They are vile, beyond vile.

[@El_MuertoLoco]

You mad bro?😏

[@brianmartinez7530]

Did you say this about Ashley babbitt

[@thisguy8373]

Cope harder. ...wicked is the blm movement, yet your uneducated enough not to know that.. yet again more fingers pointing

[@user-unionwrestling]

Time to vote Abbott out of office!

[@DavidJ2222]

Beto 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡

[@lesleyphillips8146]

I honestly don't think he won the last time. In my opinion there was some shady dealings.

[@DavidJ2222]

​@@lesleyphillips8146sure 😂😂

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

​@@lesleyphillips8146 Oh look another Democrat election denier 😂 Trump2024

[@markmierzejewski9534]

Here come the 3rd world bots praising Abbott.

[@Avian-vz5hu]

We the people don’t have a say or any type of power anymore !!!

[@middleguy1776]

This was a clear self defense case. Why aren't we allowed to defend ourselves?

[@michaeldice7459]

We always had the power to decide whether it's a wise choice or not. Nobody forced anyone to be there. The drivers had absolutely nothing to do with it other than driving somewhere and protecting his person and family when a non official approached the vehicle with a loaded weapon. It's a natural conclusion given the circumstances

[@middleguy1776]

@@michaeldice7459 thank you

[@middleguy1776]

so his car was stopped by a mob of protesters and a man with a gun in hand approached and threatened him and his family. He feared for his life so he defended himself and his family. How is that not justified? Should be made to be surrounded and threatened and not be able to do anything? Please elaborate on your position.

[@Avian-vz5hu]

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[@byefelicia7003]

People are losing their minds

[@sljcsu]

So, these judges pacify us to make us believe that the justice system really works 😮

[@Nobushido]

They pacify BLM so they don't show up with guns thinking its playtime in Texas.

[@user-hv1yt9bc6b]

Overturning the will of the people in the judicial system

[@doughughes5732]

Things are getting a little out of control under Abbott and Patrick. Wth

[@brianmartinez7530]

You mean like Ashley babbitt

[@keithkrueger6151]

At least he was arrested and charged. Blue states don't even bother with that part.

[@ThePhenom777]

I watched it live and have a screenshot of the AK raising.

[@JosephWalker-ip7pd]

The will of 12 people

[@candidaprout560]

It's very "Christian"to pardon a person who kills another human being. Hypocrisy at his best 😡

[@t.r.campbell6585]

Let’s keep religion out of politics, but you’re absolutely correct, particularly when an individual is protecting himself from harm.

[@persuasivebarrier2419]

@@t.r.campbell6585 he drove there for a reason. we know what it was for.

[@RIDING_BEARS]

God gave us the right to protect ourselves

[@shawnladue8986]

@@persuasivebarrier2419 He was working as a Uber driver, smooth brain.

[@persuasivebarrier2419]

@@shawnladue8986 He lives in texas, smooth brain. guns are everywhere.

[@chuck9380]

Someone paid a lot of money for this release.

[@Kvindeordoghverdagskunst-su4ww]

45 s donors

[@madboyreadynow28]

No money. This thing on the right about being ex military and being white was all that was needed.

[@sistergiblits7795]

No all it took was some video evidence. People in prison for self defense should be released no matter how poor they are.

[@stp479]

Yes. The founders of this nation and writers of our bill of rights paid handsomely.

[@stp479]

Racist you are, or ethnomasochist @@madboyreadynow28

[@katrinastevenson352]

Vote Vote Vote! The only way to stop it. Vote in overwhelming numbers to send a message!

[@Nobushido]

Look at the polls... people want to eat agin.

[@ryblack5032]

Voting RED for America 🇺🇸 ❤️

[@hangten1904]

Just remember, people vote politicians that serves their interest not yours. Shaming people to vote for politicians you support is not democratic.

[@mysteriousfleas]

Texas will always be a "stand-your-ground-state".

[@Lancelot0311]

Keep Voting Red!

[@paulettefisher-wong4004]

I just don’t understand, republicans make me 😢 why would you absolve him of all responsibility for his actions, he could have stayed at home. He was out looking for trouble found it, ended a life, his peers saw fit to find him guilty and then you let him off becuase he was a BLM supporter. This is sickening, extremely sickening and it makes you lose faith utterly in the American Justice system that seems to only hold strong when it’s standing on the necks of black people.

[@brianmartinez7530]

Or he was driving home from work.

[@thisguy8373]

Stop the bs...maybe do research instead of spewing bs...get help, wake up

[@user-mv8dm6zs6j]

He was an Uber driver

[@user-dj4pp3eq1u]

@@user-mv8dm6zs6j he drove for uber and apparently the thai soup was getting cold which is why he ran the red light. when someone approached hus truck and asked to roll the window down he shot the man because he was brandishing a m-16

[@TheOrangePatriot]

@@user-dj4pp3eq1u when some one approached his truck with a m 16 in hand. tell the full truth . dont approach people with rifles in hand , you wont be shot

[@susanmartin4092]

Unbelievable

[@dudemorris7769]

Rightfully so. It should have never been charged to begin with when he was beginning shot at. Sheila Foster should have been ashamed of herself for raising a child who believed he was entitled to take the lives of others, and be a fake protester. This case should have never been in court. Ms Foster is lying through her teeth. There was never anything debunked, the judge even felt the jury got it wrong. She should have raised a son or daughter to not take Justice upon themselves, which he had & it cost him his life. The governor should have never had to be put in the position to pardon someone who took her sons life when he threatened someone with a gun he was carrying. Her son Is a menace & tried to kill this man, period. Let her file the civil case & I hope the man who’s been pardoned files a civil case against her since she didn’t raise her son to be an upstanding young man, instead she raised a hoodlum apologist.

[@Sturmavk]

BLM rioters FAFO

[@Patch3s26]

I remember the video. The kid pointed his rifle at the guy through a window. The man in his car had every right to defend himself.

[@spiritualMaestro]

The jurors weighed the evidence... .

[@MarkLewis-qe4pj]

You’re not allowed to have that opinion this is the new America.

[@elmosweed4985]

Did the other guy not have a right to defend himself against the car that just ran a red light into a crowd of people ?

[@shanealan2168]

Yup

[@shanealan2168]

Not that cnn would tell.that side of it though

[@timallison8560]

this is just another example of why i would NEVER set foot in texas.

[@nathanielalgernon975]

we don't want you there, go to canada.

[@elgastsos210]

You should donate to BLM🤣🤣🤣

[@timallison8560]

@@elgastsos210 at least i have the balls to use my real name

[@nathanielalgernon975]

yeah, I'm sure they don't want you there anyway.

[@loszhor]

Oh my, he really did go through with it. How terrible. :/

[@kathyyoung-rj7tw]

Country gone to hell in a hand basket. 😢😢😢😢😢😢!

[@molsauce]

If you voted for Obama or Biden, you can blame yourself.

[@brianmartinez7530]

You mean like when Ashley babbitt was shot

[@StormyNatero-yd7sj]

You do know an Elected Governor can Pardon State criminals even on Death Row ??? Been like that for a long time .

[@babavoss261]

Bro these republicans are going to have a rude awakening

[@StormyNatero-yd7sj]

@@brianmartinez7530 You mean the hostile renegade insurrectionist brain washed puppet .

[@nighle160]

Why all reports fail to mention the victim pointed an AK-47?

[@condor5635]

Doesn’t fit their narrative that’s why

[@thomasgricezodiac]

Because he didn't?

[@elfharandy1]

there was no proof that the victim did this. they went through this in court already, and he was convicted, hence, the pardoning.

[@condor5635]

@@elfharandy1 - extremely poor judgement bringing a firearm like that to a protest. Legal ? Yes. Smart? Definately not.

[@elfharandy1]

@@condor5635 can’t really argue with you on that!

[@freyastar4399]

Remember when all those protesters had their guns . I can’t recall where they were. But imagine if someone who didn’t agree with their protest came and shot them and said they “thought “ they would use a weapon against them.. this is setting a dangerous precedent..

[@vontesantos5981]

Not surpised greg abbott & ken paxton are 🤡 tx deserves better

[@exknoll4755]

Why have a justice system? This is not right.

[@tommas2674]

Perry was in a Vehicle ON A ROADWAY. Perry was a hostage to a violent mob of criminals 4 criminals one of which raised a gun at him, actually incited, MANIPULATED as usual by the demonicratFASCISTblmarxist and their snake oil salespeoples.

[@user-vw4ln2gq8f]

You’re against pardons for people who were wrongfully convicted? Or do you live in the fantasy world where no wrongful convictions exist? Everyone every time always right? Juries never get it wrong? No innocent people ever wrongfully convicted?

[@Oscar-yd6iz]

Wow, so much for the court system.

[@RIDING_BEARS]

The court doesn't always get it right.

[@james6901]

American system,,keeps proving its not fit for purpose.

[@GarrettGuerra47]

Ah yes so since it doesn't fit your view we reform and convert to views

[@bustedloads9045]

I love how they mention he ran a red light.

[@ThePhenom777]

He never did, he pulled up to the light then the illegal protest caught up to his car.

[@SavannahSteel]

Disturbing. No one should have that kind of power. Not when it comes to murder.

[@hardeez1]

Hahaha

[@ryblack5032]

It was clearly Self Defense

[@user-vw4ln2gq8f]

You’re against pardons for people who were wrongfully convicted? Or do you live in the fantasy world where no wrongful convictions exist? Everyone every time always right? Juries never get it wrong? No innocent people ever wrongfully convicted?

[@davidgrochmal6023]

This is exactly what you get in Republican states wild wild west and no law and order disgusting and disgraceful and frankly criminal!!!!!!!!!!

[@Hautehead13]

You must be on Hunter's parmesan,,😂😂😂😂. What a bozo.

[@tammykennedy4165]

Seen Chicago latest I don’t think that’s a red city or Baltimore or DC

[@user-js2dr9gv1u]

LOL.

[@tammykennedy4165]

Or New York City or Detroit or Los Angeles are the Republicans running those areas as well

[@PADE1RTW]

@@tammykennedy4165 12 most dangerous cities Detroit, Michigan Memphis, Tennessee Birmingham, Alabama Baltimore, Maryland St. Louis, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Cleveland, Ohio Little Rock, Arkansas Milwaukee, Wisconsin Stockton, California Indianapolis, Indiana Albuquerque, New Mexico You and Trump’s stupid talking points about “Democrat run cities” are moronic.

[@KaiseruSoze]

"There is no bad press" has become normalized in the GOP. Abbot will get lot's of press for this and he knows it. In Tx this will make him look good.

[@LoveApple2]

Is Abbot auditioning for VP? Trumps motto always has been cruelty is the point

[@barryb83110]

Strange when a political party, to protect their own, ignores a jury's decision. Perhaps we should eliminate the courts and just let the king decide?

[@FourDollaRacing]

Don't give anyone any ideas! 🤫

[@user-wj3ss1il4p]

Is it wrong to thing Coates response to this case would be different if the man was black?

[@barryb83110]

@@user-wj3ss1il4p If we can not rely on a jury who has heard testimony from the prosecution, the defense, and the defendant, I guess we will have to rely on the political motives of the ruling party. Odd to think well armed people in volatile situations might be quick to pull a trigger. Perhaps the right to carry grenades would make us more thoughtful about actually using them. I pull my pin, you pull yours, and modern chemistry creates job openings for more reasonable minds.

[@marshalbaek5580]

No, the people vote for the Governor. If enough people think this was wrong, they will vote him out.

[@Sturmavk]

You mean like when Obama pardoned a cop killed?

[@litedawg]

hey lady , this would NEVER have happened at a Trump rally, Ill let you figure out why

[@rikachiu]

Let's compare a rally with a protest. How stupid.

[@litedawg]

@@rikachiu they compared it in the video

[@randomeverything879]

@@rikachiubecause liberals just like to complain about everything and cause violence.

[@ashlibabbitt1111]

Because you'd be too busy storming the Capitol?

[@thatdude4571]

He was protecting himself from a rioter armed with an assault riffle.

[@KateLopez-wr6nx]

He pleaded many times for his life before being executed. Abbott didn't even had someone review the files...

[@GarrettGuerra47]

Lmao what are you talking about This happened when a crowded people surrounded his car and Garrett Foster aim his firearm point blank in the window at this man, this man shot through his own window to hit Garrett, know where he was executed. How about you actually review the files

[@danielscott7985]

What was the point of his trial and conviction? Gov cones in and says "nope"

[@ThePhenom777]

Show trial to appease the mob.

[@hardeez1]

Perfectly legal. May want to learn some things about how the world works buddy.

[@elderlyBerry]

He shouldn't have even been tried in the first place.blm is a domestic terrorist group. Anyone who says otherwise is a terrorist sympathizer.

[@Kc-dq7zj]

Abbott is a vile creature. My heart breaks for this mom.

[@vedder10]

Where do you think he got it from. It starts with the parents and home teaching.

[@Patch3s26]

Her son pointed a rifle at someone. Dont point guns at people.. especially in Texas

[@Patch3s26]

@@vedder10 Air Force vet points rifle at army vet through window, army vet shoots air force vet.. its the parents fault.. so much logic here

[@Croakin]

@@Patch3s26 Army vet has fantasies of this moment for years, documents it, and impulsively murders a man the second the opportunity arises, so he should be able to walk free? Your logic is warped, normal people see a murderer on the street.

[@Croakin]

@@Patch3s26 Army vet fantasized about murdering somebody in "self defense" for years and does it the second the opportunity arises. He documented it and it was used in court to convict this man. Somehow you think he should be allowed to walk? Thats called premeditation, your logic is warped.

[@BigfootResearchAdvisor]

Convicted of killing in self defense*, fixed it for you

[@joeykulcsar2971]

Lot of people saying he pointed his gun at the driver first. Is anyone able to link video of the defenses presentation of this evidence? All Ive been able to see if a animated recreation of how Foster was standing and how far away he was from the vehicle (in the animation it did not show his pointing the gun) which conflicts with the coroners report of the angle the gun shot wounds were documented. videos of the vehicle approaching honking and then being surrounded by protestors, and claims by people there he had the gun across his chest. Does it seem like premeditated murder? No. Does it seem like it was self defense? It definetly wasn’t a friendly situation he found himself in. Could this all have escalated drastically less quickly and likely been avoided if A) people hadn’t been blocking the street, B) he pulled up honking his horn at already frustrated and irritated people. C) if you arnt walking around a public street with a rifle strapped to your chest like an active war zone. No one is entirely in the right or wrong in this situation. This situation is the result of allowable to circumstances that inevitably lead to the same predictable and repeated results. If you let people smoke in a room filled with hydrogen and dynamite at some point there’s going to be an explosion. In the end it was a unanimous jury of his peers who made the decision after hearing the evidence. I think everyone from the government to citizens and all in between need to do better.

[@CptWesker07]

What happens when you block a intersection, play stupid games win stupid prizes

[@appliancedude63]

Wow. He literally got away with murder. This is America.

[@Spicygo4tCh33se]

It was self defense

[@Wydeedo]

Why give a gun to someone convicted of murder with a gun?

[@MrSirlulzalot]

Former Army sergeant and Air Force veteran... I keep hearing these terms, but i'm not sure exactly why they are used. Was he a former Army sergeant because of the shooting? How recent was the decedent an Air Force veteran? What does either matter? Is that why I am having to ask the question? ❤

[@deannatow5003]

If this guy was a black Texan, he would languish in prison. Shame on Abbott. SHAME

[@daniellemarie7471]

It was clearly self defense

[@daniellemarie7471]

It was clearly self defense

[@richpomanFU]

He wouldn't have done anytime.

[@vblic]

Tell me the winning lotto numbers.

[@hardeez1]

Lol

[@Patch3s26]

She forgets to mention that while he “motioned to put down the window”, he was using to his rifle to communicate it.

[@heatherpayne1995]

So?

[@ncredneck28360able]

why would he be out there protesting with that kind of gun an going up to cars..protesters should not block cars from going an never go up to someones car with a gun out..

[@grahamimal8336]

It’s legal in Texas to carry the weapon around because there are so many gun owner nuts in the state. This is a great reason to not allow weapons of war on our streets or to be sold at walmarts

[@ohioagainsttheworld676]

you can tell most ppl commenting have no idea what they're talking about. NO BLACK PERSON WAS INVOLVED, CHILDREN.

[@obcog6542]

Cnn viewers, so expect low info commentary. Most arent even aware that the deceased pointed an AK at him and found out....

[@richmaloney529]

You’re so scared of somebody asking you to lower your window, but you’re not scared to plow through a bunch of people running a red light at a protest? And her question is literally gold. Would you have done it if this was a Trump rally? Hell no.

[@AddyPence]

This is an outrage!

[@microsoft-pox]

😭😭 🤣 FA-FO

[@markmierzejewski9534]

@@microsoft-pox Here come the 3rd world bots praising Abbott.

[@DavidJ2222]

​@markmierzejewski9534 George Floyd took a knee and now he can't breathe

[@LeeMorton-rq6bb]

​@@microsoft-poxThat Crackkka is going be looking over his shoulders for the rest of his life wondering if this is the day he gets his head blown off? Better take to the Woods like George Zimmerman?

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

​@@markmierzejewski9534 And here comes " Fentynal Mark" still thinking Trump and his supporters are Russian agents 😂 Trump2024

[@wouldntyouliketoknow3811]

Okay maybe these ignorant people are right so can you please explain to me what justification her son had putting the AK-47 in this man's face through the front windshield of his car

[@justin4911]

That's not something the jury believed he did. If you've got some evidence he did that, well...

[@sfmediaapps]

​@@justin4911There's a KZbin video of him carrying it. Google it f tard.

[@elfharandy1]

they went through this in court already, and found no evidence the victim ever did this. it was his main argument in the trial, that it was self defense, there was no proof of it, and he was convicted. hence, the pardon. this was all after he plowed through a red light almost hitting protesters. but what they did find was google searches on his phone for "good chats to meet young girls on kik", "degree of murder charges", "attack on jews in texas"

[@Hvrtjff]

To me, if someone drove a red light into a crowd of people, surely that’s grounds for self defence in itself?

[@ThePhenom777]

That never happened.

[@sarahj6995]

Yup

[@wsbs520]

Why are they in the road in the first place?🤔

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

Turning right on red is legal pretty much everywhere. CNN conveniently failed to mention that that's what Perry did.

[@hangten1904]

Video of the shooting is on KZbin, he did not run the red light into the crowd.

[@middleguy1776]

So his car was stopped by a mob of protesters and a man with a gun in hand approached and threatened him and his family. He feared for his life so he defended himself and his family. How is that not justified? Should be made to be surrounded and threatened and not be able to do anything? Please elaborate if you disagree.

Abbot is a bitter man who blames the world for his accident .Everything he does is motivated by that

[@GarrettGuerra47]

Or your just making a narrative while falsely accusing & defaming him all because your political views

[@larryneville1811]

When will the media be held accountable?

[@watata1t]

How doe's the media have any part of this?

[@JacobMoretti-NotABot]

What do you mean by this? (Asking sincerely)

[@larryneville1811]

@@watata1t There wouldn't have been a "rally" without them.

[@sistergiblits7795]

​@@JacobMoretti-NotABot They're lying, creating a scenario out of thing air that get people to behave like Foster did. They are getting people killed

[@vedder10]

@@larryneville1811 Ok I guess in your world their isn't police brutality when it's perpetrated on blacks. But when police fight with white people at the capitol it's a peaceful protest. How long have you been a working clown in the circus?

[@ulyssesgrant2782]

He needs to stay in prison. He wasn't "defending" himself.

[@t.r.campbell6585]

We should all praise this move by the Texas governor because clearly the conviction was racially motivated and justice has now been served. Going back into ancient history, worldwide and individual certainly has the right and the duty to defend themselves. If somebody threatens you with bodily harm, if they level a weapon at you, you have the right to defend yourself and you should not be deemed a criminal.

[@mp02626]

What is the purpose of the jury if the governor of the state can overwrite their decision? Just forward all cases to the governor then.

[@brianmartinez7530]

Did you say that when we traded the merchant of death for a basketball drug smuggler

[@brianmartinez7530]

Like trading the merchant of death for a basketball player

[@user-vw4ln2gq8f]

You’re against pardons for people who were wrongfully convicted? Or do you live in the fantasy world where no wrongful convictions exist? Everyone every time always right? Juries never get it wrong? No innocent people ever wrongfully convicted?

[@johnalexander4940]

Govenor spits on this man's memory 💧

[@johnbuckle5937]

Disgusting. The wicked old ways never left America alone. Governor remember there’s a policeman over human actions.

[@louisabrams9590]

He would pardon Dylan roof if he could

[@brianmartinez7530]

Dumb

[@KateLopez-wr6nx]

Of course! Did he perdoned the black man who till his last moment maintained his innocence

[@BubblewrapHighway]

WOW. Abbott is a monster.

[@touco9077]

This guy walks up to a car brandishing an AR15 in the middle of a semi riotous hostile BLM huge crowd and he starts hitting the window with the muzzle and demanding he roll the window down and people are shocked that he got himself shaded in Texas, let that American out and duly compensate him for the time stolen from him

[@mikeyoung3972]

The back of the matter is that driver just ran through a crowd of people emotions were high. And the state of Texas it is perfectly legal to Branish a weapon like that and that is the problem. The governor and the attorney general are more interested in boosting the profits of their contributors The gun manufacturer public safety!

[@gwenbates4456]

Where was all this energy for justice when Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed those two men? He purposely went there with a loaded weapon to incite violence 😢. This country is sooo gun happy until it's sickening! But God's word states those who live by the sword WILL die by the sword 🕊🕊🕊. My God in Heaven please deliver us from this insane world where a person' life isn't worth a plug nickel 😥 . A house divided will not stand! America is sooo divided right now! Fighting each other while satan is sitting back admiring his work! We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against spiritual wickedness in high places! Make NO mistake.. this world and ALL in it will be JUDGED by the SOVEREIGN GOD! It won't matter your " party" or your skin color or your bank account or who you know! Unless that person you know is JESUS CHRIST 🕊🕊🕊

[@tuesdayschild8994]

Disgusting

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

Yes Joe Bidens Diaper is nasty Trump2024

[@zigman8550]

Yes, it is disgusting that he spent any time in prison.

[@khalil010]

It is the USA, the definition of disgusting.

[@RIDING_BEARS]

What's disgusting is that young man wasn't trained to carry a gun.

[@roguetrader33]

@@zigman8550 He was convicted in a court of law scumbag

[@lisafoy1328]

Abbott won't make the real gate's ever 🔥🔥🔥

[@JackRowsey]

Did you know Abbott has been governor for 3 four year terms and wants to go for a 4th four year term to be the longest Texan governor in history for a total of 16 years? I suppose he could go for a fifth term as well.

[@wreckinbal]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes. This guy should never have been convicted in the first place. I’d be suing next.

[@billpimentel-vm6cu]

Jurors convicted this guy and a Trump bootlicker pardons him. Says it all about that state. In my state of Massachusetts, the one that had a huge part of American democracy and Freedom and independence, this guy would never see the sky ever again.

[@bodhiutah4501]

waaaahhhhhh

[@ryv2484]

Dear god, I hate living in Massachusetts. The absolute worst type of people live here. You fall into this category.

[@hardeez1]

Hahahaha. Cope.

[@ryv2484]

Massachusetts: where young folk with a soul and goals in life go to have their will to live sucked from their body.

[@billpimentel-vm6cu]

Thank your brother,sister parents for the hatred they taught you people

[@LeechyKun]

Gov should overturn Kyle Rittenhouse's charge as well then. How can a gov overturn the people's choice aka the jury? That's called two tier justice if you ask me.

[@jeffbortz8782]

If they were any kind of parents they would have had their kid under control raised him better

[@robpeterslaypaul]

Being a veteran isn't good enough to you? Because you know this guy murdered a veteran, right?

[@cheryllueddeke8805]

Man who DEFENDED HIMSELF there i fixed it for you liars

[@Shadow272010]

Maybe don’t surround or rush someone’s car with a gun…..

[@elmosweed4985]

Maybe don't run a red light driving into a crowd of people.

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

​@@elmosweed4985Turning right on red is legal pretty much everywhere.

[@Nobushido]

not in texas... when we carry gune we aren't LARPing like portland. This dude died bc he thought this was portland.

[@marshalbaek5580]

Is that what happened? He ran up on a guy in his car? I've seen people get run up on while in their car and not a single one of them motioned to the driver to roll down their window. They just started hitting the window trying to break the glass. Apparently this man didn't do that, but the driver sh0t him anyway. I'll say this: The guy shouldn't have had an assault rifle. Neither should have Kyle R. But beyond that, I don't know enough about the case to have an opinion. What I do know: A jury of 12 Texans found him guilty. And abbott is a known liar and a guy that uses my tax dollars to play insult games. Those are undisputed facts. I'm a life long Conservative, Native Texan, and 2nd amendment advocate. Save your breath accusing me of being a lib. I'm far worse. I hold fellow brethren accountable for their actions. They think I'm crazy. Maybe. Doesn't change the Truth whether I am or not.

[@anthonywilson4181]

​@@elmosweed4985don't block the road while threatening people with violence. F around and find out.

[@robdillon8922]

It was self defense, what was guy supposed to do.

[@JS-rn1tj]

I thought AR's are considered a threat. It's an assault weapon, right?

[@GarrettGuerra47]

Always remember ,they don't want you owning one but they can....

[@MikeBenko]

I feel confused, surprised and angry. I feel so sorry for the victim's family, friends and community. I am speechless.

[@I_Fight_Instacart]

If you're speechless, how did you post that comment? 🤔

[@sirenloud]

Texas you can do better if not give yourself back to Mexico at this point LOL

[@Ganiscol]

Thats kinda mean to Mexico, though.

[@MAGASTRIKETEAM]

​@@Ganiscol Tool

[@kevinangus4848]

Get it from Russia, first.

[@sirenloud]

@@kevinangus4848 basically purchase Alaska for pennies lol

[@brianmartinez7530]

So Ashley babbitt death is ok?

[@mimim8532]

Wrong decision.

[@sigisecht]

Second amendment rights for only a select few are no longer rights; they are privileges.

[@JustinGoodwin84]

Correction: the parol board voted unanimously to overturn the wrongful conviction and Abbot signed it.

[@gen_z_hippichikk]

Why was it wrongful? Was someone else driving the car? 🤔

[@BKT42]

The same guy who gets off watching migrant children die at the border?

[@wynnaylor8308]

A parole board can't overturn a conviction.

[@Kuttie03]

@@wynnaylor8308exactly

[@chuck9380]

You watch too much Fox News

[@TWAN7201]

We here in Texas are frickin stuck with this man.... He's one of the reasons why I hate my home state. There needs to be term limits for Texas governors...Pardoning convicted a murderer......OMG!

[@Lancelot0311]

Get the heck out and go to California then. Keep Texas Red !

[@nathanielalgernon975]

Canada is calling, we don't want you here anyway.