The governor didn’t offer much of a rationale in granting clemency to Daniel Perry, who killed a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020, but apparently the enemy of his enemy is his friend.
A topic that is mostly ignored even in news coverage is that Republicans have tacitly and explicitly made it legal to kill #BlackLivesMatter protesters.
It will be an interesting section of future history books which will cover incidents like Kyle Rittenhouee’s celebrity and giving drivers immunity for hitting protesters.
#Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Thurs he was pardoning #DanielPerry, the fmr Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting of a protester during a #BLM march, after a review board recommended he be released from prison.
…Unsealed court records revealed that he regularly shared #racist memes & threatening content in private msgs & social media posts, including descriptions of killing protesters & minorities.
Perry was convicted of murder in the death of 28-year-old #GarrettFoster, who was legally armed w/ an AK-47 rifle, during a 2020 confrontation in downtown Austin at a racial justice demonstration.
"Republican Gov. Greg Abbott... pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal #shooting of a protester during a #BlackLivesMatter march...
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The windows of my corner store at Sheridan Rd./Wilson Ave. were boarded up for #BlackLivesMatter protests. This one has artwork of Breonna Taylor on it. June 2020 #UptownChicago#BreonnaTaylor
Christopher Gilbert (age 26, born in 1997) is a Shreveport native and recent graduate of Louisiana Tech University. He had aspirations of attending medical
TikTok CEO #ShouZiChew has said the company will take the fight against the new law to the courts, but some experts believe that for the #US#SupremeCourt, national security considerations could outweigh #FreeSpeech protection.
Young people, in particular, are following the #Israel-#Hamas war on social media, and many are horrified by what they see.
They’ve also grown up with protest movements — #OccupyWallStreet, #BlackLivesMatter, the Parkland, Fla., students’ gun control campaign — as the backdrop of their lives. #VietnamWar
Social media like you pointed out #BlackLivesMatter came about, but also social media allowed #LGBTQ people to learn about themselves / their gender & sexuality. Social media overall matters.
Who is Christopher Gilbert? Aspiring doctor left brain dead after friends pushed him into lake despite knowing he can't swim, will be released from the hospital soon (urmi.org)
Christopher Gilbert (age 26, born in 1997) is a Shreveport native and recent graduate of Louisiana Tech University. He had aspirations of attending medical