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The Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo has staunchly defended its decision to host a fundraising campaign for the family of Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old Texas teenager charged with the murder of fellow student Austin Metcalf. The fundraiser, which has raised nearly $500,000, has sparked significant controversy, with critics arguing it violates the platform’s policies against campaigns that financially benefit individuals accused of violent crimes. Despite the backlash, GiveSendGo’s founders remain firm, emphasizing their commitment to due process and the presumption of innocence. On April 2, 2025, Karmelo Anthony, a senior at Frisco Centennial High School, allegedly stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a...

Daniel Penny was honored Wednesday by the Marine Corps League at an Iwo Jima Day in Boston — where the former Devil Dog received the prestigious Semper Fidelis achievement award. Penny — who was acquitted last year of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway — attended the event with defense attorneys Thomas Kenniff and Steve Raiser, who also took home appreciation plaques. ... The league “honored Danny for representing the Esprit De Corps of the Marines, defined by selfless service and sacrifice, when he risked his life by defending...

Daniel Penny landed a cushy job at a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm less than two months after he was acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The Marine veteran was hired by Andreesen Horowitz to work in Manhattan as a deal partner on the firm’s American Dynamism team, which invests in government and defense tech, according to the company’s website. Penny was lauded for his “courage” in an internal memo sent to all employees Tuesday afternoon. “I believe, as I know many of you do, that Daniel acted with courage in a tough situation,” David Ulevitch,...

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The political prosecution of Daniel Penny in New York City may have failed, but the chilling effect it will have on public safety, especially in the subway system, will resonate for years.Penny is a former U.S. Marine who found himself in the same subway car as Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man with a history of violence. According to witnesses who were in the same car, Neely was acting erratically and saying things such as, “Someone is going to die today,” and “I want to go to Rikers. I want to go to prison.” Penny put Neely in a...

Police bodycam footage shows witnesses defending Daniel Penny

🚨 JUST IN: Elon Musk says he will be going to the Army/Navy game with President Trump todayThey’ll also by joined by:➡️ Daniel Penny➡️ Tulsi Gabbard➡️ JD Vance➡️ Pete Hegseth➡️ Ron DeSantisWhat a CREW! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7AWWDOcTtW— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 14, 2024

Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance invited recently acquitted Daniel Penny to the Army-Navy football game scheduled for Saturday ... Penny is expected to join Vance and President-elect Donald Trump in his suite at the game set in Landover, Md.,

We have heard so much talk about “Good Samaritans” these days—especially with the Daniel Penny case in the news. As of this writing, Penny was just cleared of charges in the criminal case against him. Penny physically subdued Jordan Neely, a homeless, allegedly mentally ill man, who was threatening other riders in a subway in New York City in May 2023. Neely, who had previously been arrested 42 times, including three times for assaulting women on the subway, died shortly after the incident, which was recorded on video by a bystander. Penny was white. Neely was black.

Lawsuit would target DA Alvin Bragg and the medical examiner's office.. Marine veteran Daniel Penny's defense team is eyeing a malicious prosecution lawsuit against District Attorney Alvin Bragg and others behind the charges, turning the tables after the lengthy high-profile case concluded with an acquittal. "Just like Danny said in his interview, it was like they wanted to try and get him on something," Penny's defense attorney Steven Raiser said Wednesday, reacting to the acquittal on "Fox & Friends." "They knew they weren't going to be able to get him, so they had to get rid of that top count...

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said New York City subway riders should be scared of Daniel Penny after he was found not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely — sparking swift backlash from straphangers who blasted the lefty lawmaker as “delusional.” Penny, 26, was acquitted of all charges by a Manhattan jury Monday following the high-profile trial over the fatal, caught-on-camera encounter with the troubled homeless man on an uptown F train last year. In a previous clip that has gone viral on X after the acquittal, Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Penny’s apparent lack of remorse could mean he could...

(NewsNation) — On Monday, a jury found Daniel Penny not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely, who he held in a chokehold for roughly six minutes on a New York subway. Neely, an agitated but unarmed homeless man, did not touch any passengers. One said he made lunging movements that alarmed her enough that she shielded her 5-year-old from him, which caused Marine veteran Penny to intervene. Donte Mills, the attorney for Neely’s family, told “CUOMO” that Monday’s ruling shows “we don’t value” everyone equally

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...

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A New York Black Lives Matter leader has called for “black vigilantes” to retaliate following Daniel Penny’s acquittal on Monday. Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, faced charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide in connection with the 2023 death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway after Neely was threatening passengers. "Just like everybody else has vigilantes, we need some black vigilantes,” New York BLM co-founder Hank Newsome said in the wake of the verdict. "People want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud. How about we do the same when they attempt...

The far-right is rejoicing at Daniel Penny being found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the May 2023 New York City subway strangling death of Jordan Neely. Penny, who is white, put Neely, a Black man, in a chokehold for six minutes while other train passengers captured the incident on film. Penny’s lawyers argued that he believed Neely was a volatile, mentally ill man who posed a threat to the public. Neely was unarmed and had a muffin in his pocket, but Penny quickly became a hero to the right wing. Right-wing figures, including one Donald Trump staffer, immediately...

New York City is often referred to as the greatest city in the world. I love the city, but the inmates have taken over the asylum there. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg taken selective prosecution to new heights and NYC has become a legal sh*thole. Bragg, who campaigned on getting Trump, ran roughshod over the law to do so. He circumvented the statute of limitations and managed to warp his case against Trump into a Federal felony over which he had no jurisdiction. He filed separate charges for each check written instead of collectively in order to elevate his chances of...

A Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city’s mental health system and crime underground. The panelists acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide — which could have put him behind bars for up to four years — in Neely’s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023.

This comes after the second-degree manslaughter count was dismissed. 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide issued in the subway chokehold case. On Friday, the count of manslaughter was dismissed. ...more

A House Republican is pushing to award Daniel Penny the highest civilian honor that Congress can award, and I'm all for it. Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz) plans to introduce a resolution to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to Penny, the U.S. Marine veteran who defended himself and fellow passengers against a threatening homeless man on a crowded New York City subway, before being unjustly prosecuted by D.A. Alvin Bragg. "Daniel Penny’s actions exemplify what it means to stand against the grain to do right in a world that rewards moral cowardice," said Crane. "Our system of ‘justice’ is fiercely corrupt,...