Texas Governor Pardons Daniel Perry in 2020 Black Lives Matter Protest Shooting - The New York Times

The family of the protester, Garrett Foster, a 28-year-old former mechanic in the U.S. Air Force, expressed disbelief at the decision and saw a political motivation. Republicans, including the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, and the political pundit Tucker Carlson, had called for Mr. Perry's pardon. 

"It doesn't make sense. I feel like I'm in a 'Twilight Zone' episode. This doesn't happen," Mr. Foster's mother, Sheila, said in a telephone interview. "It seems like this is some kind of a political circus and it's costing me my life." 

Her son was a supporter of the Second Amendment, she said, who advocated free speech and had been attending the racial justice protests in 2020 day after day. "He deserved so much better," Ms. Foster said. "He was an Air Force veteran. He was out there protecting people from people like Perry."…

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/texas-abbott-pardon-daniel-perry.html