Austin Star Police Detective Accuses DA Jose Garza's Office of Criminal Witness Tampering in High-Profile Case

Jose Garza was elected Travis County district attorney in the 2020 elections on a platform of prosecuting police officers.

Now, the lead detective in the Perry case is accusing District Attorney Garza of witness tampering in order to obtain the indictment.

It became clear to me that the District Attorney's Office did not want to present evidence to the grand jury that would be exculpatory to Daniel Perry and/or to show that witness statements obtained by the family of Garrett Foster and/or their attorneys were inconsistent with prior interviews such "Witnesses" gave the police and/or the video of the incident in question.

Fugitt accuses the district attorney's office of engaging in unethical and criminal behavior.

"Often witness tampering is subtle. In this case, there were foreseeable consequences if I did not comply and tailor my grand jury presentation as directed and failure to do so would adversely affect my working relationship with the District Attorney's Office for the foreseeable future. I was afforded no choice but to comply with the directives that were issued to me by Jose Garza through his assistants."

Garza is also beefing up the unit that prosecutes police officers and has hired Millie Thompson, who often clashed with and even sued her own staff in Hays County, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

MORE: The Austin Police Association says it's looking into 283 cases in which Garza's office may have tampered with evidence.

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