Murder of Garrett Foster

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On July 25, 2020, Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old man, was murdered in Austin, Texas, by 30-year old Daniel Perry. Perry had driven into a crowd of protesters during a Black Lives Matter protest following the May 2020 police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Foster, who had been legally open carrying an AK-47, approached Perry's vehicle, and Perry shot and killed him. Perry claimed that he had acted in self-defense, but in April 2023, a jury found him guilty of murder. He was acquitted of an aggravated assault charge. On May 10, 2023, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. Perry had made numerous posts and direct messages on social media expressing his desire to shoot protesters, which, along with statements that contradicted eyewitness accounts, brought into question his claim of self-defense. Following his murder conviction, messages were revealed to the public in which Perry described himself as "a racist" and called black protesters "monkeys". On May 16, 2024...

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