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Her fiancé and caretaker was murdered by a far-right extremist. Then Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the killer. My interview with Whitney Mitchell.
Today we launch my new podcast, which we’ve creatively decided to call The Watch with Radley Balko.
The first episode looks back at the murder of Garrett Foster during a 2020 racial justice protest in Austin, Texas — and Gov. Greg Abbott’s craven decision to pardon Foster’s killer.
I interviewed Whitney Mitchell, Foster’s fiancée. Whitney is a quadruple amputee, and Foster was her primary caretaker. This is the first time she has spoken at length about the incident, Abbott’s pardon, and the aftermath. Mitchell endured a flood of harassment and death threats after Foster was killed. She’s…
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