Daniel Penny has been vindicated. Also the United States.
By finding the 26-year-old not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely, the jury has rejected a racialized criminal justice system that views white people as inherently evil and black people as perpetual victims.
But we still have a long way to go. After the verdict was announced Monday, Neely’s father stormed into the Manhattan courtroom and had to be escorted out.
“A fucking racist country,” shouted one Neely supporter.
Another, to Penny: “You’re a fucking racist.”
Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome, who claims to be Neely’s ‘uncle,’ clearly threatened Penny.
“Small world, buddy,” he said. Later, at a press conference, Newsome went further: “We need some black vigilantes… people want to jump us, strangle us and kill us… How about we do the same thing when they try to oppress us?”
He should have been arrested on the spot.
By finding Daniel Penny (pictured) not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely, the jury has rejected a racialized criminal justice system that views white people as inherently evil and black people as perpetual victims.
Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome (pictured) clearly threatened Penny. “Small world, buddy,” he said. He should have been arrested on the spot.
Meanwhile, protesters chanted “No justice, no peace” and “fuck the police,” even though the police literally had nothing to do with Neely’s death. the very lack The presence of police in the subway system caused Penny to intervene and take Neely to the ground.
There were sobs, wails, and torn clothes, and one person outside the courtroom declared, “That’s the sound of black pain.”
Please. This has to stop. Jordan Neely was a violent, mentally ill homeless man who was on an internal list of New York City’s “50 Most Critical Cases.”
Neely was arrested once (one of his 44 arrests) for attempting to kidnap a 7-year-old girl in broad daylight.
In 2021, he randomly punched a 67-year-old woman in the face, breaking her nose and orbital bone. A judge released Neely from Rikers in a plea deal that sent him to hospital treatment, but, 13 days into his 15-month sentence, Neely simply left and never returned.
If only the criminal justice system had been as stubborn with Neely as it was with Daniel Penny.
In 2010, Neely allegedly threatened to murder his own grandfather. And on that subway car last year, he said he was going to kill someone and he was ready to go back to prison. Penny and her traveling companions had every reason to believe Neely.
Even New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former police officer, suggested Penny should never have been charged.
“Those passengers were afraid,” Adams said last week. ‘I’ve been on the subway system. I know what it’s like as a police officer to fight or fight with someone… You have someone (Penny) on that subway that was responding, doing what we should have done as a city.’
However, Neely’s relatives, who had practically abandoned him, now play victims. Last week, while the jury was deliberating, Neely’s father, Andre Zachary, filed a civil lawsuit against Penny.
The system, Zachary said after the verdict, is “rigged.” Sure it is, but not like Zachary claims.
Let’s face it: if Penny had been a black man or Neely was white, this case would never have been brought to trial. Daniel Penny would not have lost more than a year of his life in this case with political and racial motivations.
It was so fine that even prosecutors said Friday – in what appeared to be a desperate attempt to convince the jury to return a favorable verdict – that there was a possibility Penny would not even serve jail time if convicted. So spare us the racial justice hoax.
“My son didn’t have to go through this,” Neely’s father said Monday.
Surely not. If only Neely had a father and a family, that would have done something.
Instead, Neely had to flagrantly threaten a subway car full of passengers last May, most of whom were commuters and had never been so terrified.
Meanwhile, protesters chanted “No justice, no peace” and “fuck the police,” even though the police literally had nothing to do with Neely’s death. The sheer lack of police in the subway system caused Penny to intervene and take Neely down.
Neely’s relatives, who had practically abandoned him, now play the victims. Last week, while the jury was deliberating, Neely’s father, Andre Zachary (pictured), filed a civil lawsuit against Penny.
Neely was abandoned by his family to flagrantly threaten a subway car full of passengers last May, most of whom were commuters and had never been so terrified.
Caedryn Schrunk, senior brand manager at Nike, in her court testimony: “I was afraid of dying at that moment.”
Ivette Rosario, 19, said she thought she might “pass out” from fear.
The defense team did an expert job of medically proving that Penny’s strangulation did not cause Neely’s death. In fact, police body camera video shown in court confirmed that Neely still had a pulse when first responders arrived.
It is truly heartening to see this jury, despite hearing racially charged chants from outside protesters, return a fair verdict.
“It’s a great day for our city and our nation,” said Inna Vernikov, a Brooklyn council member. ‘We all feel the tide is turning now. Today the jury decided that the woke crowd is no longer the arbiter of good and evil.
Yes, yes, yes, a million times yes.
The work is done. The pendulum of sanity is swinging to the right, as predicted by the election of Trump and the rejection of extravagant progressivism.
House Speaker Mike Johnson called Navy veteran Penny a hero who “protected the lives of the people on that train.” We used to celebrate this kind of bravery in America, but the left continues its crusade to protect criminals and prosecute heroes.’
Exactly correct.
New York City Councilman Joe Borelli called for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose only other major case this year was Trump’s politically motivated hush money trial, to step down.
“The verdict in this case underscores nothing more than Alvin Bragg’s perverse sense of justice,” Borelli said. ‘Every New Yorker is afraid on the subway and had no problem understanding the context of Daniel Penny’s actions. The district attorney should resign in shame.
Let me assure my fellow New Yorkers: Alvin Bragg will not resign because he has no shame. Governor Kathy Hochul should fire him.
Not since Al Sharpton has a figure done so much to ruin race relations in New York, a city notable around the world as a true melting pot. Nowhere else do so many different people get along so easily.
But Bragg and his ilk are doing everything they can to divide us.
After all, Bragg, whose soft-on-crime policies are destroying New York, refused to press charges against the other man who helped arrest Neely. Is it because that man is black?
It is truly heartening to see this jury, despite hearing racially charged chants from outside protesters, return a fair verdict. (Pictured: A person protesting the not guilty verdict was arrested outside the Manhattan courthouse.)
Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows exactly why Penny was tried and charged. Penny should sue the city of New York because this isn’t over for him.
They just openly threatened him in a court of law. Neely’s father is now looking for a big payday. And Penny and her family will be watching their shoulders for the foreseeable future.
In fact, his demand comes at great personal cost, not only for him but for all Americans.
Who in their right mind would risk defending innocent others again, only to be branded a racist, face criminal charges, costly legal battles, and possible prison time?
Daniel Penny is a hero. It is up to decent people everywhere to applaud him as such, and make it more than clear that if anything happens to him, the consequences will be dire.