KXAN NBC in Austin reports Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced he'll pardon convicted murderer Daniel Perry, who was just found guilty of shooting Black Lives Matter demonstrator Garret Foster during a July 2020 protest in Austin. Witnesses say Perry deliberately dove his vehicle into the area where the protests were going on. Keep in mind this occurred during a year when there were several incidents of people driving directly into protesters. In addition, Texas is an open-carry state, and Foster, as well as some of the protesters, were armed, but Perry claimed Foster aimed an assault rifle at him. This was contradicted by witnesses at the scene who say Foster never raised his rifle and never attempted to fire his weapon. During the trial, prosecutors showed the jury text messages and social media communications where Daniel Perry talked about killing protesters in the weeks before the shooting. One text read, "I might have to kill a...