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Garrett Foster's family is speaking out about the Gov. Abbott's decision to pardon Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder after a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Austin.
"I think they're using my dead child to make a political statement," said Garrett's mother, Sheila Foster.
Her heart still aches nearly four years after losing her son.
Garrett was a 28-year-old Air Force veteran when he joined Black Lives Matter protesters in Downtown Austin in the summer of 2020, along with his fiancé Tiffany.
Daniel Perry was an Army sergeant who had posted on social media that, "I might have to kill a few people on my way to work, they are rioting outside my apartment complex."
Perry made the post shortly before he ran a red light and drove into the crowd of protestors.
Foster, who had an assault rifle strapped over his shoulder, was shot and killed when he approached the car driven by Perry, who also had a gun.