Prosecutors are seeking at least 25 years in prison for Daniel Perry who fatally shot an armed man during a BLM protest in Texas, saying his history of racist and provocative texts and social media posts expose a threat of violence likely to resurface.
AUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors are seeking at least 25 years in prison for a U.S. Army sergeant
Daniel Perry, 36, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. He was convicted of murder in April for killing Garrett Foster during the downtown Austin protest in July 2020. dozens of texts and social media posts Perry wrote, shared or liked, including some shockingly racist images. They had been excluded from Perry's trial, but were publicly released after his conviction and allowed into the sentencing phase by District Judge Clifford Brown.
Perry said he acted in self-defense. His lawyers asked the judge to consider his more than a decadelong military career and hand down a sentence of no more than 10 years. Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020. A few days later as protests erupted, Perry sent a text message to an acquaintance: “I might go to Dallas to shoot looters.”
Forensic psychologist Greg Hupp testified that he believed Perry has post-traumatic stress disorder from his deployment to Afghanistan and being bullied as a child. Perry's mother, Rachel Perry, testified that he was ostracized as a child because of a speech impediment.
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