The Texas governor said on Saturday that the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws cannot be nullified by a jury or “progressive District Attorney.”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he wants to pardon U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Perry after a jury found him guilty on Friday of killing a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protestor in Austin, Texas, in 2020.
During nationwide protests in the summer of 2020, many people took to the streets to voice their opposition to the state of policing in America after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd’s death led to the arrest of the four officers involved in the incident and sweeping police reforms across the United States. Thousands of people participated in BLM protests across the country in the weeks following Floyd’s funeral.
In Abbott’s letter posted to Twitter on Saturday, the Republican governor references the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws of self-defense.
