BREAKING: A judge on Wednesday sentenced Daniel Perry, the Army sergeant convicted last month of murdering an armed Black Lives Matter protester in Austin, to 25 years in prison.
Daniel Perry enters the 147th District Courtroom at the Travis County Justice Center for his sentencing, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Austin.A judge on Wednesday sentenced Daniel Perry, the Army sergeant convicted last month of murdering an armed Black Lives Matter protester in Austin, to 25 years in prison. The decision from Travis County District Judge Clifford Brown is the latest development in a case that has garnered national attention since Gov. Greg Abbott announced a plan to pardon Perry.
Perry, 36, had faced a minimum sentence of 5 years under Texas law. His attorneys will likely appeal the outcome. Both men were legally armed, and both were on opposite sides of a protest movement that had reached a crescendo after the police killing of Floyd. Perry’s defense team attempted to portray the protesters as an angry mob and said Foster was carrying his rifle in a threatening manner, which meant Perry had the right to shoot him under Texas’ self-defense laws.
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