The jury has come back in the Daniel Penny case.
It’s so weird to me. The jury deliberated the first charge, second degree manslaughter, for so long and couldn’t reach a decision.
The second count? Hardly any time.
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.Manslaughter, the top charge against Penny, was tossed on Friday after jurors twice said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.Jurors sided with Penny’s defense attorneys, who had argued that the Marine veteran was justified in rushing to protect his fellow subway straphangers when he subdued the erratic homeless man. The lawyers had also questioned whether there was sufficient evidence that the chokehold caused Neely’s death.
As you can imagine, the family was not happy.
Jordan Neely’s dad: “What are we gonna do, people? What’s gonna happen to us now? I had enough of this. The system is rigged. Come on, people. Let’s DO SOMETHING about this.”
From what I can remember, the Neely family hadn’t seen Jordan in a long time. Where have they been as he struggled with drug use and mental health problems?
Jordan Neely supporter: “When Jordan came on that subway car, the first thing he asked for was food. And he was killed.”
Leftists are also not happy.
Getting unruly.
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