New York Attorney General Letitia James and 13 other Democrat attorneys general have called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a federal criminal civil rights investigation into Daniel Perry, who was recently pardoned by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after being sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing an armed Black Lives Matter protester who confronted him.
Ms. James, who made headlines recently for suing former President Donald Trump in Manhattan over property valuations, asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a May 29 letter to investigate Mr. Perry, alleging he was motivated by racism when he killed Garrett Foster during a protest against “police brutality and racial injustice” in the summer of 2020.
