foster at a black lives matter. protests in 2020. cnn s ed lavandera joins us now from dallas. ed. why is governor abbott moving to part in this guy. well it is a stunning announcement that the governor is making but in a statement that he released over the weekend, the governor says that he believes texas has some of the strongest standard ground laws in the country, and that that cannot be notified by a jury or a progressive democrat district attorney there in austin, texas, but what is also happening in this case is that the case of daniel perry has become a celebrity case in the right wing media. and there has been a great deal of pressure from the likes of fox news host tucker carlson, putting pressure on the governor to pardon daniel perry. in fact, tucker carlson talked about this case friday night during his show, and it was the next day on saturday that the texas governor made
just there s no winners in this and i m just glad it s over. but this case is far from over the very next day. texas governor greg abbott tweeted his vow to pardon perry as quickly as possible and argued texas has one of the strongest standard ground laws of self defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney. in the weeks after the murder of george floyd. black lives matter . protests erupted all over the country. garrett foster joined the protests in austin. you got it out tonight. don t let us march in the streets anymore, so i gotta practice some. some of our right. daniel perry was a rideshare driver and had just dropped off a customer near a blm protest on the downtown streets. prosecutors said perry ran a red light to turn into the crowd. this is where accounts differ at the time. some witnesses say perry deliberately instigated the altercation. the driver intentionally and
self-defense. he says he s working as swiftly as texas law allows regarding the pardon of sergeant perry. he blamed foster s murder conviction perry s murder conviction, rather, on progressive prosecutors. in a statement he said, quote: texas has one of the strongest sand your ground laws of self-defense that cannot be nullified by a jury or a progressive district attorney. he also said additionally, i have priorize thed reining in rogue district the attorneys and the texas legislature is working on laws to achieve that goal. now, perry was found not guilty on his second charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. the judge said sentencing on this case could start as early as tuesday, and perry faces life in prison for this murder conviction. eric? eric all right, christina, thank you. ing arthel? arthel: eric, investigators in minnesota say the disappearance of a 26-year-old woman is suspicious, quote, and her family is begging the public for
yeah this is not over, but governor greg abbott is pointing to self defense, pointing to standard ground laws in texas. and look, there are some in conservative media that have been encouraging the governor to pardon perry and even kyle rittenhouse has been very vocal on twitter written house was acquitted after he shot and killed two people in kenosha, wisconsin, during protests. there he has been asking for money for the legal defense. he says. he knows what this is all about. on the other hand, the travis county district attorney speaking out recently and saying that this is very troubling and saying that in the legal world, it is a jury, not a governor who gets to decide this. that s a statement that we got from jose garza of travis county very recently. now, in terms of the case. what happened here was in 2020 in austin, texas. real perry is driving for ride share company and he gets to the area where all the protesters are.