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The Economist
The Economist
23 May 2024


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United States | Lexington

Politics is the law in Texas

A governor’s pardon implies that courts cannot be trusted, just as Donald Trump says

An American military veteran was killed in the street, presumed to pose a threat when he was exercising his right to carry a gun in public. You might expect America’s gun-rights advocates to demand justice for the dead man.

But here’s a bit of important context: when he was killed, that man, Garrett Foster, was marching in a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest in Austin, Texas, in July 2020. The person who shot him, Daniel Perry, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder. On May 16th Governor Greg Abbott pardoned Mr Perry, saying he acted in line with Texas’s “stand your ground” law, which allows people to use deadly force if they feel threatened.

This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Politics is the law in Texas”

Some would-be American immigrants are paying to get robbed

Police say this is to get access to visas for victims of crime