Less than 24 hours after a jury found an Army sergeant guilty of shooting and killing a protester, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he would pardon the convicted killer as soon as a request “hits my desk”
The killer posted on Facebook that he might “kill a few people on my way to work,” got in his car, ran a red light, drove directly into a Black Lives Matter protest, and shot and killed a protester because he felt “threatened.”
Both parties were openly carrying, as is legal in Texas. So when this racist consciously drove into the protest he was confronted by a man with a gun and he shot him, just as he clearly planned to do.
Perry’s defense team argued that he acted in self-defense, but prosecutors contended that Perry instigated what happened. They highlighted a series of social media posts and Facebook messages in which Perry made statements that they said indicated his state of mind, such as he might “kill a few people on my way to work. They are rioting outside my apartment complex.”
A friend responded, “Can you legally do so?” Perry replied, “If they attack me or try to pull me out of my car then yes.”
The Kyle Rittenhouse defense. It didn’t work with this jury but that doesn’t seem to matter. Because Tucker Carlson says so:
Fox’s Carlson decried the conviction in a two-minute segment on his show, referring to the Austin protesters as a “mob of rioters” who surrounded Perry’s car and began pounding on it. He said Perry fired when Foster raised his rifle.
“This is a legal atrocity,” Carlson said. “There is no right of self-defense in Texas.”
He invited Abbott on to the show on Monday to discuss the pardon. I’m sure Abbot is thrilled to be summoned by the master.
This is anarchy and it’s going to happen more and more as everyone in these states is packing heat. It’s probably best to stay away from them.