The Marine Corps veteran who put a chokehold on a violent subway druggie has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
Daniel Penny had already on Friday been found not guilty of manslaughter. But the judge instructed the jury to deliberate the second count, which was criminally negligent homicide. The Monday verdict means he is not guilty in the eyes of the law.
The issue has electrified the nation, as some felt it was a racial issue. Penny is white and the perpetrator, Jordan Neely, was black.
Outside the courtroom, protesters shouted that there will be violence as a result of the verdict: “If we don’t get no justice, they don’t get no peace,” which some saw as a threat against jurors. As with George Floyd, who died in 2020 during an encounter with police, some have made Neely into a type of martyr, and painted Penny as a racist vigilante.
According to body cam footage from a New York Police officer, Neely had a pulse when medics and officers responded, but they didn’t give him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation out of fears of contracting hepatitis from him, a known drug abuser.
Neely had a pulse but the cops did not try and resuscitate him. His death is on the cops lack of action.
No it’s not. Neely chose a life of drugs and on that day chose to threaten innocent subway riders with death. Police are not EMTs.
Yet they are trained in first aid and were the first responders to the scene.
Mouth to mouth is no longer the standard in CPR.
‘https://www.redcross.org/store/laerdal-pocket-mask-cpr-barrier-soft-case/820015.html#start=13&cgid=cpr-masks-and-face-shields
Federal charges need to be filed against these prosecutors for violating Penny’s human rights. They targeted him because he is white.
I’m confused. The article indicates Penny was charged with two counts of criminally negligent homicide. Wouldn’t that mean two people died? What am I missing?
Fixed now, Wayne. It should have said manslaughter. – sd
He never should have been tried.
This sets the bar that nobody can help anybody in public because they’re gonna get tried by the government for trying to protect the general population.
Thankfully the jury found no evidence of criminal behavior on his part.
And now comes the verdict from the racist protesters who will take advantage of the opportunity to burn down the community in the name of “street justice”.
Arrest them all and re-educate them on how the justice system is supposed to work and not how Kamala Harris thinks it should be by bailing out rioters in Minneapolis for burning and looting and then go on national TV and convince them to continue the chaos until they get what they want.
I still am amazed at the amount of voters who wanted her to run America deeper into the armpit of the world. Downright scary!
Thanks for the good news. One less loose cannon roaming the streets and subways of the Big Apple. To the BLM activists who are having fits over this, tread carefully. Rioting after Jan 20th won’t work out like it did in 2020. Besides, how many of those women and children being threatened by Mr. “Dead Guy” were people of color??? In all likelihood, Mr. Penny protected the lives of multiple “black” passengers on the subway as well as any future victims Mr. “Dead Guy” may have had lined up.
To the dad of Mr. “Dead Guy”, you don’t seem to have the same last name as your dead son. Why is that? Weren’t you with him when he was growing up, to lend guidance and teach self-discipline? If not, why? Just like when Chris Brown was put down by a cop in Ferguson, MO. The Dad, who Brown had no meaningful interactions with, dropped his invisibility spell and miraculously appeared to bemoan the loss of his “wonderful, gentle giant of a son”, a narrative we all know to be a blatant lie. As with Mr. “Dead Guy”, Brown was a thug who’d just assaulted and robbed a store owner down the road from his “Happly Place” (place he chose to end his life) and is on video beating and robbing an elderly man while laughing and bragging about it.
Their use of double negatives is astounding. Par I suppose.
Justice served. Immediately after are death threats in the courtroom and racists are calling for violence in the streets. ALL of this could have been prevented had racist DA Alvin Bragg not decided to indict Penny. If Penny had been black and Neely been white, this would have never gone to court in NYC.
Penny is going to be another pot-bellied antihero.
He message is he’s guilty by virtue of color; typical. And the terrorists follow the earning up with a threat for a guilty verdict. Hmmm. How about now dopers allowed on the subway or a copper in each car with a backpack full of Narcan?
Not unlike George Floyd. It never gets discussed how these lifetime drug abusers put themselves in extremely weakened condition from years of drug abuse. They then fight with police or civilians and their bodies give out. Drugs and a life of poor choices.
Justice was delivered……….TWICE.
1. When Penny came to the aid of fellow citizens and stopped the violence.
2. When the jury found him not guilty.
That’s justice.
Penny is an American hero.
True statement, Chrissy. And the left’s new hero is probably this coward Mangioni (himself from a family of extreme wealth and privilege) who put a bullet into an innocent man’s back.
Mangione will get lots of offers by lefty women while in prison. But all he’ll get are hook-ups by big beefy inmates whose offers he can’t refuse. Penny, on the other hand will get lots of offers from conservative women and get to enjoy those female suitors outside of prison walls.
The fool who acts as an imposter DA is the one who got the mentally ill criminal killed. Instead of locking up this criminal he was free to terrorize (42 arrests over the last 13 years) the honest citizens of New York. So, instead of accepting responsibility for letting criminals roam the streets, the DA attacks a citizen brave enough to protect his fellow subway riders.
I am still surprised when a prosecutor continues to pursue murder/manslaughter charges when the ME report shows the death is not the result of the actions of the defendant.
I’m 100% in agreement with you, CBMTTek, although I’m beginning to think that we are going to lose the ability to be surprised by anything in the future. I don’t know your age range, but I’m an old gummer and the biggest sadness for me on this racial garbage was seeing it almost eradicated and then “re-born” by so many idiots. Yes, it was a slow change, yes, it wasn’t perfect and yes, there was still more to be done. But we saw it going away and were really happy about it. To see all our progress lost is sort of heartbreaking to me.
I agree Gretchen the race situation was almost extinct then some evil morons insisted on bringing it back to life. It’s unfortunate we have gone back 75 years on race relations because of left wing drama queen media and a few sleaze bag politicians. And 3 predatory preachers. And thank you Daniel Perry for protecting people on that subway.
Was it really going away or just asleep if it can so easily be renewed? Some apponents of racism grow weary of the fight and then, something happens and a glimmer of hope shines through. I am speaking about some of Alaskans view towards natives. Racism is contagious.
Greg, racism is big business! BLM got millions of dollars in donations (and it turns out their champions for the cause like to live the high life with those donation dollars). The fervor over race has slowed down a bit as many realize we do not live in 1619 anymore and people are generally decent to one another. So BLM hopes this will re-ignite the flame and keep the true believers happy (and donating) and of course the lawyers are in for fame and the family for a windfall. One wonders where the family was, when Mr. Neely needed help and support?
Fortunately the jury was made up of New Yorkers, who all ride the the subway and understand the terror an unhinged individual brings with him or her. This was never about race. Mr. Neely was a danger to everyone on that subway regardless of color and Mr. Penny’s actions need to be assess and judged in that light.
Yes, I agree in this case.
It wasn’t “easily renewed”–The almighty dollar was involved. I still stand by the idea that evil racist people have an agenda to convince some people to be victims. If you are a victim, somebody owes you something.
So he had a pulse, but wasn’t breathing.
And yet, the first responders, the cops basically refused to apply cpr with mouth to mouth. They sell emt masks that do not allow physical mouth to mouth. Pennies on the dollar, and I bet they are trained and or should carry such devices. Not ragging you this time, passing along information, I shared a link to the red cross said cpr mask above.
Yes, i’m aware of those safety devices. In the case of the emergency personnel, perhaps they could be charged with negligent homicide for failing to act. Even a cop after he shoots a perp goes and tries to stop the bleeding and save the life.
I am sorry you two, is either of you an EMT? Where you there? Did you assess the patient? Do you know what the standard protocol for treatment is? Do you have proof that Mr. Neely was not breathing and the paramedics “refused”? I bet not!
Individuals in systemic crisis, on drugs and under extreme stress present a complex challenge for any medical professional even in the most favorable setting like a trauma center, let alone on the sidewalk or the back of an ambulance. Outcomes regardless of intervention are often detrimental. Reality is starkly different than what you see on TV or in the movies.
Yet you fling accusations around so cavalierly without having the faintest clue. This man had multiple serious health issues, which he chose to compound with drugs, I for one will give the EMTs the benefit of the doubt that they did the best they could under the circumstance.
Were you there?
No, which is why I do not jump to conclusions and demand that EMTs/cops be indicted/charged with anything, unlike you and Miss Denali. There are too many factors to make such a blanket statement as yours or hers!