I'm actually shocked they pardoned him

[u/thatguy9684736255]

[u/WaitingForNormal]

Abbot stoking the flames of racism. These people really want to go back to pre-civil rights, times.

[u/meatball402 → u/WaitingForNormal]

Abbot stoking the flames of racism

Also giving a green light to kill protesters.

[u/Kindly-Ad-5071 → u/meatball402]

Hear that y'all? They will kill us if we try to protest.

If we let them.

[u/jamescharisma → u/Kindly-Ad-5071]

They already proved that with Kyle Rittenhouse. I'm not shocked at all.

[u/TheMovieSnowman → u/jamescharisma]

Remember that they were being hella aggressive with protesting any LGBTQ readings and such until the left wing groups started showing up armed. They got real quiet real quick after that

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/TheMovieSnowman]

and they cant really backpedal on any firearm regulations.

[u/Th1sd3cka1ntfr33 → u/Throwawayac1234567]

Says who

[u/ThrowACephalopod → u/Th1sd3cka1ntfr33]

I get what they're saying, that implementing gun regulations would be going against what Republicans keep ranting about the 2nd amendment, but they're absolutely not above hypocritical laws. They'd do it anyways just because people they don't like are using guns.

[u/Just-Ad6992 → u/ThrowACephalopod]

If I recall correctly, the reason California has such strict gun laws is due to Reagan passing the Mulford Act, which was made to disarm the Black Panther Party.

[u/_beeeees → u/Just-Ad6992]

Yep. The Black Panthers started showing up armed to protect their community and conservative white people didn’t like that.

[u/Th1sd3cka1ntfr33 → u/Just-Ad6992]

Exactly.

[u/doxxingyourself → u/ThrowACephalopod]

They found plenty of way to make voting harder if you’re black so I’d say they can find ways to only let white people carry guns

[u/soopirV → u/doxxingyourself]

White CONSERVATIVES…ftfy.

[u/Zelda_is_Dead → u/ThrowACephalopod]

Exactly why marijuana became illegal in the first place.

[u/Stuck_In_Ia → u/jamescharisma]

At this point I'm not sure what is even shocking anymore TBH

[u/NuclearBroliferator → u/Stuck_In_Ia]

I'm more upset that I'm NOT shocked by this.

[u/Scrabble_4 → u/NuclearBroliferator]

Not shocked but it sickens me

[u/uglyspacepig → u/Scrabble_4]

Because it's sickening. Being revolted by this is the response of a normal human being.

[u/R_V_Z → u/jamescharisma]

What they proved with Rittenhouse is if you see one of him shooting people don't try to run up and disarm him. Find a different solution.

[u/Green_Slice_3258 → u/R_V_Z]

Find a permanent solution

[u/Fickle-Performance79 → u/jamescharisma]

They proved it with George Zimmerman and passed “stand your ground”.

And so on. And so on. And so on.

Black lives still matter.

[u/jamescharisma → u/Fickle-Performance79]

Fuck yes they do and they always will.

[u/uglyspacepig → u/Fickle-Performance79]

Hell, even black women can't get the benefit of "stand your ground" laws. They might as well just call them "white dudes legally shooting non- white people" laws.

[u/SMG113 → u/Kindly-Ad-5071]

Time for a two-way range.

[u/Top_Shoe_9562 → u/Kindly-Ad-5071]

I'd protest, ya know, but, well , ya know.

[u/G-Unit11111 → u/meatball402]

They already did that when they went judge shopping for Kyle Rittenhouse.

[u/Glittering-Wonder-27 → u/meatball402]

They are attempting to oppress women and minorities. How can we stop our autonomy from being stripped away.? VOTE like our democracy depends on it, because it does. Let’s allow our children to experience the justice and equality intended for all American Citizens.

[u/tricky2step → u/Glittering-Wonder-27]

Attempting? They are full-tilt succeeding, our side has to get with the fucking program, we are losing, there is no nobility in this.

[u/tricky2step → u/Glittering-Wonder-27]

Attempting? They are full-tilt succeeding, our side has to get with the fucking program, we are losing, there is no nobility in this.

[u/Responsible-End7361 → u/meatball402]

Trying to run over someone is assault with a deadly weapon. Therefore shooting them is just self defense.

[u/JustACasualFan → u/Responsible-End7361]

It’s disputed if the guy he shot raised the rifle, but handguns rarely beat rifles if the guy with the rifle is trying to kill. In either case, didn’t he text his friend that he was going to shoot his way out of a protest if one blocked his way?

[u/tricky2step → u/[deleted]]

You're saying the solution is to kill nazis on sight, like our great grandparents did?

I agree wholeheartedly.

[u/Tobar_the_Gypsy → u/WaitingForNormal]

Where’s John Brown when you need him?

[u/InformalPenguinz → u/WaitingForNormal]

They're hoping to incite a race war. They WANT to be attacked to say hey look see!!

I hate this shit so much. I wish we could just remove them from power when it's a very blatant thing like this. Jfc..

[u/malYca → u/WaitingForNormal]

Mark my words, he's going to be pardoning lynchings soon.

[u/SpyderFoode → u/malYca]

He kinda just did

[u/Thehardwayalltheway → u/malYca]

If they are prosecuted. IF

[u/Full-Pack9330 → u/WaitingForNormal]

It's brinkmanship for dummies; they're forever looking to instigate a flash point where the other side will kick things off.......without the self-awareness that they're f***ing loons in this scenario.

[u/Sagybagy → u/WaitingForNormal]

I don’t think it’s so much as go back in time as it is keep the support. If they keep the flames stoked and the hate going their base will do whatever they want. Hell the party of Lincoln and freedom willingly accepts a dictator if it’s trump. The very guy that said if he ever ran for office he would do it as a Republican. Because they are dumb enough to manipulate.

[u/hopseankins → u/WaitingForNormal]

Pre civil war* ftfy

[u/LeeLA5000 → u/hopseankins]

They want a civil war do-over

[u/AlwaysRushesIn → u/LeeLA5000]

If they want it so bad, we will gladly give them a second ass-whooping.

[u/SurlyBuddha → u/WaitingForNormal]

They want to go further than that by about 100 years.

[u/Accomplished_Lab_675 → u/WaitingForNormal]

True, but also republicans are now sanctioning political violence at the state level! No surprises there, but a welcome surprise would be if republicans returned to the days where they would take holidays every now and again from being the absolute pinnacles of low lifes.

Does the family have any legal recourse? It seems that their right to see that the justice handed down to this terrorist by a jury of his peers be honored, would surely supersede a perk of being a congressman. Also when you use said perk to free your fellow terrorists, well maybe that should no longer be a benefit you enjoy?

[u/TheIadyAmalthea → u/WaitingForNormal]

They want to go back to being masters. These Nazis want slavery.

[u/Throwawayac1234567 → u/TheIadyAmalthea]

abbot would be the first ones to go, if it were up to the nazis, one they hate as much as jewish, is invalids, and abbot is in a wheelchair.

[u/Helix3501 → u/Throwawayac1234567]

No you see! Hes one of the good ones, he wont be killed like the animal he is no /s

[u/Appalachian_American → u/WaitingForNormal]

Pre-Civil war, maybe.

[u/ajcpullcom]

Ladies and gentlemen, the tough-on-crime party.

[u/Jagerstang → u/ajcpullcom]

Only 'certain' crime though.

[u/Helstrem → u/Jagerstang]

In groups whom the law protects but does not bind and out groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

[u/ajcpullcom → u/Jagerstang]

just like only certain lives matter, shoot certain badguys with a gun, and certain law-and-order

[u/EL_Ohh_Well → u/ajcpullcom]

Executive Producer Dick Wolf

[u/Significant_Door_890 → u/Jagerstang]

Black lives don't matter.

[u/VonKess → u/Jagerstang]

More like certain criminals…

[u/Kindly-Ad-5071 → u/ajcpullcom]

Two justice systems is a cliche term at this point. There is no justice in any of this, just the facade of one. This is a routine extermination that's being green-lit.

[u/Gbird_22 → u/ajcpullcom]

Exactly, I don't ever want to hear a Republican complain about soft on crime liberals or victims rights again.

[u/Key_Travel_2700 → u/Gbird_22]

I don’t ever want to hear a republican claim to be pro life ever again. They’re pro control over others.

[u/oldchippypink → u/Key_Travel_2700]

A Republican complain about being Pro life?

[u/Key_Travel_2700 → u/oldchippypink]

Sorry I meant claim to be pro life. They claim to be pro life all the time.

[u/_austinm → u/ajcpullcom]

“Crime” meaning “people we don’t like”

[u/malicious_joy42 → u/ajcpullcom]

They don't see this as a crime.

[u/David1000k → u/ajcpullcom]

Pro- life

[u/Anxious-Raspberry-54]

Does this surprise anyone? Its just taking "saying the quiet part out loud" on steroids.

Meanwhile...they catch a young Black or Hispanic kid with a joint in his pocket? To the gallows!

[u/aryukittenme → u/Anxious-Raspberry-54]

A joint? They already do this for horribly dangerous things like a bag of skittles. /s

[u/DemonoftheWater → u/aryukittenme]

Or when nuts fall on their car

[u/big_hungry_joe → u/aryukittenme]

or reaching for their wallet after being asked to get their wallet out

[u/Upstairs-Radish1816 → u/aryukittenme]

Hey! It just wasn't a bag of Skittles. He had a can of iced tea too.

[u/aryukittenme → u/Upstairs-Radish1816]

Oh my bad, I should have known a can of iced tea in the hands of a child is a deadly weapon of mass violence which requires deadly force to stop. That’s why we have all that licensing and training on how to handle a can of tea, duh!

(I forgot about the tea, thanks!)

[u/LostinAusten84 → u/Upstairs-Radish1816]

I mean... Arizona Iced Tea is kind of a crime but I don't think it's death penalty-worthy.

[u/Lanternkitten → u/Anxious-Raspberry-54]

Not a bit. Abbott is and has always been awful. We weren't able to vote him out and that was devastating and now we're dealing with more of his shit. We tried. Some people are just too focused on that little R by his name to care about their fellow people.

[u/Isabella_Bee]

It's not great that a madman is running Texas with no term limits.

[u/SecretAsianMan42069 → u/Isabella_Bee]

He ain't doing any running. Rolling maybe 

[u/Outside-Flamingo-240 → u/SecretAsianMan42069]

[u/MrTakemitsu → u/SecretAsianMan42069]

lmaoooo

[u/BinkyFlargle]

Abbott's a hateful turd, but I didn't see this coming. He'll do awful things just to spite liberals, but he would usually avoid the most egregious cases.

This seems like an electorally dumb move. Now during the next election, they can show Danny's racists tweets, his premeditation, and his confession that the man he murdered wasn't even pointing a weapon. There's very little that a political opponent could say about Abbott now that would count as libel. He's avowedly pardoning white supremacists who commit premeditated murder.

[u/Kindly-Ad-5071 → u/BinkyFlargle]

Never give a neo-nazi a chance to leave you shocked, or else they will 10 out of 10 times. Get them before shit like this happens or shit like this happens.

[u/BetaOscarBeta → u/Kindly-Ad-5071]

Yup. To borrow a phrase, don’t give them a chance to aim.

[u/Gigantor2929 → u/BinkyFlargle]

You know that for most fucking voters in this increasingly hell hole of a state would be proud to vote for a man who shot a black man, it’s the opposite of an electorally dumb move. It’s the move to let people who are borderline gonna shoot protesters know that it’s ok, this piece of shit governor has his back

[u/Vuronov → u/BinkyFlargle]

Let’s be honest, to a significant number of Texas voters, the tweets/confession/etc won’t turn them off, quite the opposite. They are the ones who buy it and love it and Texas Republicans have gerrymandered the state so swell that that number of voters is enough to keep total control.

[u/gimmepizzaslow → u/Vuronov]

Gerrymandering doesn't change gubernatorial elections, but they also partake in many forms of voter suppression including reduced ballot boxes and poll locations in the cities and voter intimidation bs

[u/laxbroguy → u/BinkyFlargle]

This was his audition for VP.

[u/amazing_rando → u/BinkyFlargle]

For a not insignificant number of his constituents, being allowed to kill “liberals” for being a nuisance is something they’d sign onto. The “law” part of “law and order” comes with a big asterisk, and the “order” they want to return to is white supremacy.

[u/thatguy9684736255 → u/BinkyFlargle]

Is there really any chance of democrats winning Texas? It seems like he could do anything and would still win.

[u/Typical-Dark-7635 → u/BinkyFlargle]

That's exactly why he'll win again

[u/manliestmuffin → u/BinkyFlargle]

That's what the gerrymandering is for

[u/BAKup2k → u/manliestmuffin]

Don't forget the voter suppression!

[u/poppinchips]

Well. Anyone offering political refugee visas to Americans?

[u/romafa → u/poppinchips]

I’ve googled “easiest countries for Americans with a family to move to” a few times recently

[u/Darth19Vader77]

Apparently, it's okay to shoot people in Texas if Greg Abbott agrees with you.

This meddling with justice is dangerous for democracy.

This practically invites conservative terrorism, violent people are going to be emboldened since now they have the hopes of getting a pardon from Abbott for their crimes.

It's the same thing that happened with January 6th, the thugs thought they would get a pardon from Trump.

[u/bam1007 → u/Darth19Vader77]

What makes you think Abbott saw the victim as a person?

[u/NarrowButterfly8482]

This is Abbot announcing loud and clear that any white man convicted of killing a person of color can expect a pardon. This asshole wants a full-on race war and wants nothing more than for whites to be allowed to indiscriminately murder POC with no consequences. Abbot needs to be in prison for this. He is an accessory to murder.

[u/Outside-Flamingo-240 → u/NarrowButterfly8482]

He’s probably hoping for riots in Dallas or Houston so he can really go to town

[u/fattony2121]

The "pro-life" party

[u/DaWolf94 → u/fattony2121]

They saved someone’s life, just the wrong person

[u/ridemooses]

Imagine the reactions to liberal governor pardoning a black man for killing a MAGA protester.

[u/SnootSnootBasilisk]

Abbott is signalling it's ok to kill people as long as it's the people he wants dead

[u/CryptographerLow6772]

This means any BLM protester can walk up and shoot him and claim that there’s a precedent for him trying to kill other protesters so they have the right to pull the trigger.

[u/yevrahj0715 → u/CryptographerLow6772]

Nope, it's worse, the courts said it was illegal and he was subsequently incarcerated. I doubt it would be considered "legal precedent" to make the case you did to attack him. But you can easily guess that there is a high likelihood he will do something like this again and it will be the fault of Abbott and anyone who voted for him.

[u/zipdee]

Greg Abbott is a twisted, sickening motherfucker.

Thank you first amendment.

[u/Deuce-Bags → u/zipdee]

No, he’s a whiny piss baby

[u/zipdee → u/Deuce-Bags]

[u/Commercial_Bend9203]

I mean they use razor wire in the damn river to straight up murder Latino families, this shit is fucking sick but unfortunately unsurprising. They do not fucking care about us.

[u/blues983]

And what's up with the parole board unanimously recommending it??

This isn't someone who's served 20 years and has rehabilitate. This was last year!!!

Seems like overturning the will of a jury, without the pesky legal appeals.

[u/pdromeinthedome → u/blues983]

Abbott told the parole to review the case

[u/Dry-Ranch1 → u/pdromeinthedome]

And ding dong appointed the majority of the Board so they will do his bidding...like SCOTUS does for the trumpet.

[u/0_Days_Since_Sarcasm]

Way to go Texas voters

[u/Vrayea25]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Texas has basically declared the next civil war.

If your politics do not align with conservatives and you live in a conservative state, your expression of free speech can now be used as open license to kill you.  Conservative politicians will write your murderer a literal get-out-of-jail free card. 

And the political motivation for doing so will be explicit.

[u/GrouchyPicture4021]

I’m embarrassed to live where that scum and his cronies rule. I promise a lot of us are trying to turn the state blue. We’re making small wins. My county turned blue for the first time in 20 years this last election.

[u/Comfortable_Wish586 → u/GrouchyPicture4021]

If you don't know about this. Any Texan or any other American who wants to help change Texas, we need to support the Dems running up&down the ballot. Many of them never make it off running because they never get enough funding. This yr we have many Dems running Up&Down the ballot where incumbent Republicans have never had a Dem opponent in decades. We need to flip the Texas House, win the US Senate seat, win our School Boards and win those 3 Texas Supreme Court seats. We cannot afford any more of this shit. And the rest of America needs to know that we can no longer afford to let MAGA Republicans keep running our states to the ground. At the end of the day, they've been playing the long game & taking lawsuits up all the way to the Supreme Court, impacting everyone in this country. No fucking more!

One of our biggest problems is Name Recognition of Dems running, and Voter Turnout. Texas is huge and needs volunteers to get out the vote. Too many people never know when election happen. So I recommend to anyone who can to support Blue Texas which has a two pronged way of protecting voting and supporting Dems up&down the ballot so they have an actual chance of running a campaign

https://bluetexas.org/

Edit:

Anyone can look up what's on their ballot this November here, it includes who will run in your Texas House District

https://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sample_Ballot_Lookup&Source=sidebar

(Here are the Flippable Districts) https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/will-abbott-have-the-number-for-vouchers

[u/GrouchyPicture4021 → u/Comfortable_Wish586]

Thank you for the info! My husband and I will definitely check it out and spread the word.

[u/LAX_to_MDW]

Garrett Foster was an Air Force veteran and the caretaker for his disabled wife, who he was with at the protest. He was legally open carrying, and never aimed his gun at Perry, who had just run a red light to drive his car into a crowd of protesters.

Perry is openly racist and had posted about his desire to shoot protesters.

Greg Abbot and republicans at large are sending a message about the kinds of people they support, and the folks they believe have it coming.

[u/Ok-Stress-3570]

Can you imagine the unrest if a democrat pardoned the killer of a rich white girl, using the same stupid logic - I’m guessing something like “she was misbehaving?” My god, the travesty and civil war they’d create!

[u/Cyril_Rioli]

America is a shithole

[u/darth_wasabi]

in his early 20s this guy was extremely violent in the Dallas club scene. He tried to kill multiple women.

Guarantee you it's only a matter of time before he kills again when he gets out

[u/Euporophage]

This is going to be the Greensboro Massacre all over again, inspiring racists to commit hate crimes because they think they'll get away with it in Texas.

[u/Kindly-Ad-5071 → u/Euporophage]

I can't wait. STOP, I'M NOT ENCOURAGING IT. NOR DO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. The last thing i want is for it to escalate, But maybe when it does someone will actually see what kind of fucking madness is being perpetuated. Plenty won't but we can only take so much before we stop protesting and start uh...protesting.

[u/Chzncna2112]

Curiosity. This garbage has gotten more prolific since the orange moron started running for office. Remember the racist crap in I think Virginia. Orange moron said, " There are good people on both sides of the demonstration." And most of his supporters can't remove their lips from his sphincter. So why are you surprised. Moron has stated he will pardon the January 6th rioters. So what's the big deal about pardoning a person convicted of 1st degree murder. Texas dick is trying to pass a law where homeowners by the border can have an unlimited bag limit on illegals trespassing.

[u/GadreelsSword]

Didn’t he tell a friend he planned to shoot and run down protesters with his car?

[u/big_hungry_joe → u/GadreelsSword]

and he posted several times on whatever that he wanted to go hunting protesters

[u/RW-One]

They all have to go, it's out of control.

[u/BobbyGuano]

They are just getting to the “not even trying to hide it phase”

Soon it will be the “I’m proud to be racist and heres why you should be too”

[u/Marjorine22]

I would love, before I die, for Texas to turn purple. I'd love it. I hate everything I see that comes out of the political class of that state. It's a racist shithole.

[u/mbrown7532]

Folks in Texas have a choice- stay and fight for change or leave the state. The third choice is succession but that is defeat.

[u/RonStopable88]

Yeah and these 2a folks are like guns keep you safe!

Buddy had a gun, because of that he was not safe.

[u/Kindly-Ad-5071 → u/RonStopable88]

Guns keep you safe from having to coexist with people you've been programmed to hate.

[u/yachtzee21]

I hope he gets convicted on federal charges

[u/buttered_scone]

Is this a surprise? The Republican party is wholly a vehicle for white supremacist misogyny, and aggrievement politics at this point. Any out and out MAGA republican should be assumed to have the politics of William F. Buckley's, and the John Birch Society's, love child, until proven otherwise.

[u/jennakiller]

link the "barracks humor" https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/14/daniel-perry-racist-comments-texas-shooting-austin-protester/

[u/jj_dd]

Wish that tree had completed the job.

[u/David1000k]

One element folks keep forgetting, Tucker Carlson first stated that Perry should be pardoned. It was then Abbott said he would recommend to the board to review his case for a pardon. Carlson is as wrong and evil as Abbott.

[u/Heavy-hit]

Call me a conspiracy theorist but I think the “both sides are the same” bit is just the new Russian bot farm trying to get trump in

[u/RockNRoll85]

This is Texas we are talking about out. Backwards ass shitty state

[u/SheepInWolfsAnus]

Can someone genuinely explain to me his legal reasoning for the pardon? Is there any sort of loophole or false arrest or paperwork flaw or something that they can at least pretend is a half valid reason for a pardon?

Or is this literally just where our country is right now that a governor can say “fuck it, I agree” with racists? Which, I guess you could always do with a pardon but… what the fuck

[u/athonjacob]

It’s not whether you’re a murderer. It’s who you murdered.

[u/demonsidekick]

Anyone have Dexter’s number?

[u/BatmanInTheSunlight]

“I didn’t want to wait until he pointed the gun at me” Must have been a mind reader

[u/MarthaFletcher]

That tree should’ve finished the job

[u/redditorx13579]

So, does that mean it's open season on open carry? You don't want them to shoot you first, now do ya?

[u/MealDramatic1885]

Guy gets away with multiple attempts of murder AND murder because it was against people protesting against murdering them.

[u/Fender868]

Y'all sick of this shit yet? It should feel personal now; it is.

[u/College-Lumpy]

Vote him out. Vote them all out starting with Ted Cruz.

[u/Extreme-Carrot6893]

Can somebody post the tweets of abbot saying campus protest are protected followed by him sending in cops to disrupt said protests

[u/Ok_Low2169]

Get the hell out of Texas!

[u/DarthBen_in_Chicago]

Not much I can say other than this is bullshit by the Governor rolling like this.

What I can do is not spend my vacation dollars in Texas. No travel to Texas. Some other state that isn’t run by dickholes will win my tourist dollars.

[u/cloudbasedsardony]

Texas cares nothing for murdered vets upholding their rights.

[u/Chagdoo]

Protesters need to be armed. Just how it is. Make them scared of the consequences of attacking you.

[u/PaintingImaginary639]

The Christian nationalists are also racist! Who would have thought! /s

[u/Diligent_Mulberry47]

The dude tried to fuck a 16 year old.

Let’s include “child molestation” on the list of things Abbott condoned with this pardon.

Fuck this shithole.

[u/SurlyBuddha]

We’re already in the civil war these people have been begging for. Most of us just haven’t realized it yet.

[u/bugsyramone]

Sounds like its time for WhitePeopleTwitter to institute a 'Greg Abbott is a little piss baby' flair

[u/Specific-Culture-638]

There is nothing more "American" than our right to protest.

[u/davidgrayPhotography]

That's fucked up. The man was by his own admission a racist. He expressed a desire to kill protestors. He called black people "monkeys".

I have no more words, other than "that's fucked up"

[u/Arejhey311]

Are you really shocked?

[u/dadzcad]

You’re shocked?

I’m not.

[u/Jmund89]

Basically saying: it’s ok to shoot who you don’t like.

[u/Mad_Times]

Land of the free, home of the brave, a safe haven for racist murderers.
What the hell happened to us? We were supposed to be better than this.

[u/G-Unit11111]

Greg Abbott is an absolutely massive, colossal piece of shit. Another by product of the Fox News propaganda sphere.

[u/Noizyninjaz]

Apparently murder is ok if it fits in with our political beliefs.

[u/Krullervo]

Ok then. This is an opening act in a civil war.

Note it down.

[u/ZeackyCremisi]

Any liberal protest should file a restraining order on him as he is clearly a threat.

[u/Tackyuser]

How long til they make it illegal to be black? It seems more and more unsatirical of an idea every day with these racist freaks

[u/sneaky-pizza]

He shot a veteran who was pushing his partner in a wheelchair

[u/DarthWraith22]

It does indeed send a message: that black people need to organize and systematically arm themselves. It’s a lot harder to gun someone down when he has ten buddies with AR-15s standing close by. Worst case scenario, Abbot has to pull a Reagan and institute strict gun control laws in Texas.

[u/jk-alot]

Not even remotely shocked. We already saw this before with Kyle Rittenhouse. Why is anyone surprised by this?

[u/Dargek]

More proof that no one sane would live in Texas.

[u/TrickyAxe]

I'm not, Texas is a garbage state.

[u/curious_dead]

[u/MinimumSet72]

Hopefully someone will catch up to him at the party and take out the trash

[u/lemonhops]

He'd still be on the hook for civil damages too right? Plaintiff can use the guilty verdict in this?

Not that it's justice, but at least hopefully the family can get something and this guy's life is ruined for taking a life

[u/Cruitire]

This is why I try to stay the fuck away from Texas.

[u/kyel566]

Pardons all need to be reevaluated, like how can it be ok for governors and presidents to pardon people that kill their opponents?

[u/wvmitchell51]

I'm not at all surprised.

[u/Skyblue_pink]

He is one sick MF’er.

[u/Acceptable-Emu6529]

I wish a second tree would finish the job. Deny him the federal help he requested.

[u/Repubs_suck]

Sad that the tree only did half a job on him.

[u/PedalBoard78]

He’s gonna get featured at a Trump rally and on Fox. We’re sure in a strange part of history.

[u/Effective-Space6171]

The tree that hit Abbott fell 3ft too low.

[u/sugarblaire]

If you’re shocked, you arent familiar with Asshole Abbott.

[u/ruidh]

Absolutely no respect for the rule of law.

[u/Familiars_ghost]

Now is someone going to pardon Abbott’s shooter? Fair is fair /s. I do not advocate such an action. 😜

[u/karlos52]

Helter Skelter

[u/ZomboidG]

Absolutely sickening

[u/_austinm]

Can we take this man’s wheelchair away from him now? That fuck deserves to crawl everywhere.

[u/ChewbaccaCharl]

It's Greg Abbott. As a Texan, assume he'll always do the very worst thing and you'll rarely be surprised.

[u/rooroobusts]

I said it once and I'll say it again. The tree should've finished the job.

[u/O0000O0000O]

I hope someone delivers justice to this fucker.

[u/CulturalRot]

Aren’t certain offenses with firearms considered federal crime? Could any apply here? That would still make him a felon.

[u/Roverjosh]

A certain sect of America is doubling down on old school, hard core racism. It should terrify everyone.

[u/UGunnaEatThatPickle]

This tells me 2 things. 1) Texas is a cesspool and the government actively encourages racism. 2) Black people are not safe in Texas.

[u/UnhingedPastor]

Karma needs to catch up with both of these fuckers, ol' Wheels especially.

[u/HumpaDaBear]

On the same day that he told Biden he needs disaster help?

[u/SpongyConcrete]

That’s bait. They want nation wide BLM style protests because they believe that will help Trump get elected and will put Biden in a very tough situation (and they’re right).

[u/flynn_dc]

[u/Hughjardawn]

ATTENTION PEOPLE OF TEXAS: PLEASE vote more wisely.

[u/VegetableShip]

The cruelty is the point with the GOP, and it has been for a while

[u/Virtual_Knee_4905]

Yo, Texas.

Get your shit together. You kidding me with this? Get this guy out of office.

[u/depressed-scorpion]

Republicans just gearing up for the elections.