Juror Slams Texas Guv for Push to Pardon Killer of BLM Protester
‘EGREGIOUS OVERREACH’
“I just think it’s a travesty,” a juror said.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s push for a pardon for Daniel Perry—who was just convicted of killing a police-brutality protester in 2020—has infuriated one of the jurors in the case. Jere Dowell, who was an alternate, accused Abbott of an “egregious overreach of power” that undermines the legal process. “I just think it’s a travesty,” said Dowell, who did not vote but agreed with the guilty verdict for Perry, an Army sergeant who was working as a ride-share driver when he encountered a group of protesters and shot Garrett Foster.
