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| Marine veteran Daniel Penny, 24, hands himself into police to face manslaughter charge - as witness, 66, comes forward to say he only intervened AFTER Jordan Neely threatened to 'kill a motherf****r' |
| 2023-05-12 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
On May 1, he put Neely - a mentally ill, homeless man with a record of 40 prior arrests including violent attacks - in a chokehold after Neely shouted that he was 'fed up' and wanted to go to jail. They were both traveling on the F train in New York City, and part of the incident was filmed. A 66-year-old female witness to the incident spoke anonymously to The New York Post last night on the eve of Penny's arraignment to support him. She said there are more videos of the altercation that led up to the chokehold that she believes will absolve Penny of wrongdoing. 'So I believe that those videos are going to come forward, maybe people will do it anonymously. 'I hope he has a great lawyer, and I’m praying for him. And I pray that he gets treated fairly, I really do. 'Because after all of this ensued I went back and made sure that I said, "thank you" to him.' She said Neely brought on the chokehold by threatening the entire train and many of them took the threats seriously. 'He said, "I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet, I’ll go to jail" because he would kill people on the train. 'He said ‘I would kill a motherf***er. I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet. I’ll go to jail.' 'This gentleman, Mr. Penny, did not stand up. Did not engage with the gentleman. He said not a word. It was all Mr. Neely that was… threatening the passengers. If he did not get what he wants,' she said. Eventually, Penny stood up and pulled him to the ground. Two other men helped subdue him. Neither of them have been charged. In their statement last night, Penny's attorneys said: 'When Mr. Penny, a decorated Marine veteran, stepped in to protect himself and his fellow New Yorkers, his well-being was not assured. 'He risked his own life and safety, for the good of his fellow passengers. 'The unfortunate result was the unintended and unforeseen death of Mr. Neely. 'We are confident that once all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are brought to bear, Mr. Penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing.' Neely's family are calling for more intense charges. His uncle last night said the Marine deserved to be hit with a murder charge. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg was under intense pressure to charge Penny, with Democrats and protesters calling his death murder. Penny, meanwhile, has received a rush of support from Marine veterans, Republicans and New Yorkers fed up with the city's crime and homelessness. Protests erupted have been staged near the Broadway Lafayette subway station where Neely died. In an effort to calm the public outrage and debate over the case, New York City Mayor Eric Adams initially urged patience. Last night, he spoke more sympathetically, appealing to Neely's family. 'One thing we can control is how our city responds to this tragedy. One thing we can say for sure: Jordan Neely did not deserve to die. 'Jordan Neely’s life mattered. He was suffering from severe mental illness, but that was not the cause of his death. 'His death was a tragedy that never should have happened.' Related: Jordan Neely: 2023-05-08 DA Cites Wrong Standard In New York Subway Death Case Jordan Neely: 2023-05-07 Chokehold protest turns violent: Angry activists block subway trains in Manhattan, and start brawls with police in protest over death of Jordan Neely by ex-Marine Jordan Neely: 2023-05-07 New York failed Jordan Neely, homeless advocates say |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #10 Alvin Bragg did not convene a Grand Jury, he caved to the mob. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-05-12 17:09 |
| #9 Big city mass transit is a cesspool of vagrants who live in the cars drinking and doing drugs all day. It is a major homeless den that transit cops refuse to board and fare inspectors are verbally abused. Normal people ride at their own risks and as you can see the liberal trash that oversees those cities hate people on the right just as much as the skanks that live on the transit systems. |
| Posted by: Slats Snore5077 2023-05-12 16:06 |
| #8 They smell money. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-12 14:59 |
| #7 Where is Neely's family They couldn't get away from him fast enough. 'No one said sir what's wrong, how can I help you?' Jordan Neely's family attorney tells New Yorkers to offer HELP to violent and threatening subway passengers - as they call for Marine Daniel Penny to be charged with his murder |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-12 14:36 |
| #6 Bernhard Goetz redux |
| Posted by: TZSenator 2023-05-12 12:40 |
| #5 Anyone think any of this would be happening if Neely was a white guy? This is racial power politics, pure and simple. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-05-12 12:07 |
| #4 Doing the job the government refuses to do. They have to go after him because they have no legitimacy to exist. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-05-12 11:23 |
| #3 Where is Neely's family, DM? Where? He was suffering from severe mental illness, but that was not the cause of his death. Ahkschually, it was the 30 some people on the train who were the ones randomly assaulted. If Baked Out of His Mind would have been reading a book, you wouldn't be reading this comment. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-12 11:10 |
| #2 It's a screw job, but don't forget he was protecting the other passengers from what most of them voted for. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-12 10:12 |
| #1 Could have gone another way... A new low for San Francisco: Cleaver-wielding convict terrorizes BART train passengers trapped in underwater tunnel by pacing up and down train threatening them, then slashing man in the back |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-12 08:42 |