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2024-12-09 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely

Thank goodness.

[NY Post] 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.

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.

“Who do you want on the next train ride with you?” one of his lawyers, Steven Raiser, in his closing statement in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Posted by Frank G 2024-12-09 11:32|| || Front Page|| [11160 views ] Top
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#1 Wow. Did not expect that. So glad I was wrong!

Posted by DarthVader 2024-12-09 11:50|| 2024-12-09 11:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Now facing civil charges from the family of the deceased.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-12-09 12:02|| 2024-12-09 12:02|| Front Page Top

#3 And then there will be the civil trial.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-12-09 12:03|| 2024-12-09 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 "Yea, he was homeless and we didn't give a damn. But now we ARE deeply hurt!"?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-09 12:34|| 2024-12-09 12:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Re #4: "Pay us"

Posted by Frank G 2024-12-09 12:38|| 2024-12-09 12:38|| Front Page Top

#6 ^IMO, relatives of a homeless person don't have a right to call themselves family.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-09 13:03|| 2024-12-09 13:03|| Front Page Top

#7 42 prior arrests, broke an older woman's eye orbital unprovoked...but he's a "Michael Jackson Impersonator". Turning his life around?

rriiiigghht

Posted by Frank G 2024-12-09 13:13|| 2024-12-09 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 Look for this face to emerge very quickly. This is his specialty.

https://bencrump.com/

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-09 13:47|| 2024-12-09 13:47|| Front Page Top

#9 Ghetto Lottery

Posted by Regular joe 2024-12-09 14:07|| 2024-12-09 14:07|| Front Page Top

#10 Civil trial? You provided nothing to the perp while he was left on the streets. This calls for one of those $1 awards.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-09 16:10|| 2024-12-09 16:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Didn't Beat It.
Not a Smooth Criminal.
Was Bad.
Would have killed you whether you are Black or White.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-12-09 20:10|| 2024-12-09 20:10|| Front Page Top

#12 He was kicked to the street to make homes for illegal immigrants

Posted by Uleresing Fillmore6642 2024-12-09 23:27|| 2024-12-09 23:27|| Front Page Top

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