Posted on 12/09/2024 8:17:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Virtually every single black family that loses an adult child due to some unfortunate altercation with police — even a child they haven’t seen in years — gets a multi-million-dollar payout courtesy of local taxpayers. It’s time for Daniel Penny to get that same deal.
A New York City jury on Monday rendered an acquittal in the homicide trial of Penny, a 26-year-old and very handsome Marine who deserves to be carved into Mount Rushmore after he selflessly, heroically saved subway commuters from a raving lunatic declaring himself ready to go to prison or even die.
Jordan Neely, 30, belligerently boarded a subway car in early May last year where “frightened women and children” found themselves trapped with the threatening vagrant. Witnesses said he was screaming threats at passengers. Neely, who was previously charged multiple times with assaulting subway riders, eventually found himself face-to-face with Penny who pulled Neely into a headlock. Video footage also shows two other passengers attempting to hold down his limbs. Neely continued to struggle, which a witness said indicated he wasn’t in “a risky situation,” as far as his health was concerned. The police arrived at a subsequent subway station, but Neely, who was reportedly homeless and had an extensive rap sheet, stopped breathing. He died.
Police body camera footage shows witnesses explaining to authorities what happened and they never indicate Penny was out of line or excessive in his use of force. In fact, they claimed the opposite. Penny would tell police in an interview thereafter that he doesn’t consider himself “confrontational” and his intent wasn’t to harm anyone, but that he was only en route to the gym — where he would presumably work on what I assume is a very fine physique.
In a sane world, we would show immense gratitude to Penny and the other passengers who helped subdue Neely. There would be morning network TV segments heralding their quick action in a moment of certain danger. Instead, NBC’s “Today” paid tribute to Neely with a montage of his Michael Jackson impersonations and New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez called Penny a “murderer.”
And then the manslaughter charge was filed by a Democrat district attorney, accompanied by a lesser homicide charge. That’s how America treats its heroes in certain parts of this infected country.
The jury in Penny’s trial couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on the manslaughter charge — an appalling indictment of our fellow citizens — and ultimately cleared Penny of the count of homicide. Thank God for Daniel “So Hot” Penny’s freedom but this isn’t justice. For more than a year, tax-payer dollars were devoted to putting that innocent man in prison. He can never get that time back. He will never forget the distress, the trauma, the panic. This was a tragedy and an epic miscarriage of justice. It’s irreparable.
New York owes Penny big time. A lawyer needs to sue the city on his behalf pro bono. And if there is justice left in America, the incoming Trump Administration will immediately investigate and ideally bring charges against the prosecutors who did this to the white knight Daniel Penny.
Wasn’t it New York that killed Peanut and Fred?
Take it from the pensions of the prosecutor and the judge.
Yes.
Perfect! Don’t forget Alvin Bragg’s pension. Hell, attach his salary now.
Penny beat the rap, but the impact on society will be far-reaching. From now on, if an evildoer commits an assault or goes on a rampage, no one will step up to confront him for fear of being prosecuted and sent to jail.
This kind of political persecution will continue until there are actual consequences.
I doubt Alvin will learn anything from this, his little chipmunk head is incapable of processing it.
I don’t know what kind of work Cotton does but he needs to get the hell out of NYC. He’d receive a whole lot of job offers.
Future subway crime victims can file claims against Alvin Bragg for his lawfare against those who would protect them.
Spencer Stone was a 23-year-old Airman First Class in the United States Airforce. Alek Skarlatos is was a 22-year-old Oregon National Guard Specialist, and Anthony Sadler was a 23-year-old Senior at Cal State Sacramento. Together, they disarmed the gunman and subdued him until the train stopped and authorities arrived.
French President François Hollande gave the three Americans the French Legion of Honour medal, France's highest honor.
In New York, Alvin Bragg would have arrested them on charges of aggravated battery and illegal detainment.
-PJ
YUP
Governor DeSantis invited him to Florida. I would pack my bag and be gone by the morning.Maybe he can crash at Mar-a-Lago for a bit.
Indeed
BTTT
Just imagine Bragg and BLM if there was another Bernard Goetz self defense shooting on the subway.
Worse, what employer will hire him and risk controversy?
NYC is a dystopian Third World dump that is governed by retarded mutants. It shouldn’t even be considered American by any objective definition.
The author of this piece should do himself a favor and start thinking this way.
“Take it from the pensions of the prosecutor and the judge.”
That’s actually a good idea. It should be a way to sue politicians while they are in office.
I wonder if he has a Go Fund Me page? He would certainly be morally entitled to have one for his legal bills. And now he’ll be in constant danger of attack...he’ll find it very difficult to get a job...and he’ll have other huge problems.
That’s not true nationwide. For example...there’s a sheriff somewhere in Florida (named Grady Judd) who gives many press conferences...many of which are on youtube. This guy is a take-no-prisoners kind of guy. For example at one of his press conferences he was talking about a punk who was killed by a homeowner while trying to break into the homeowner’s house. He said something like “in my county you’d better expect to be greeted with gunfire if you try to break into someone’s house”.
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