[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Marine veteran Daniel Penny,
| …the young retired Marine architecture student who, with the help of two gentlemen of colour who were not charged by Soros DA Alvin Bragg, restrained homeless schizophrenic Jordan Neely until the police arrived and took the still-breathing man off their hands. Mr. Neely had 40 prior arrests including violent attacks, and was loudly working himself up to attack riders in that subway car, in part because of the interesting drugs in his bloodstream that led to his death... |
who was recently acquitted in a high-profile manslaughter case, has been awarded for his bravery on a New York City subway.
Penny, 26, received the coveted Semper Fidelis achievement award by the Marine Corps League at Iwo Jima Day in Boston.
The two attorneys who represented him in the case, Thomas Keniff and Steve Raiser, also received honors.
The League said Penny represented 'the Espirit De Corps defined by selfless service and sacrifice when he risked his life by defending the people of that New York City train,' Raiser told the New York Post.
Kenniff and Raiser then 'defended Danny from a prosecution that never should have been sought.'
Penny had faced up to 20 years in prison for his actions onboard the subway on May 1, 2023, when Jordan Neely - a black homeless man and Michael Jackson impersonator with more than 40 previous arrests began 'threatening' passengers.
The ex-Marine placed Neely, 30, into a chokehold for roughly six minutes, as caught on camera. Neely died shortly afterward.
Following a six-week trial at Manhattan Supreme Court, prosecutors made a bombshell decision to drop the manslaughter charge against him as the jury remained deadlocked.
Pushing ahead with lesser charges of negligent homicide, the jury returned a not-guilty verdict days later, prompting a small smile from Penny in the courtroom.
Ahead of Wednesday's ceremony, John M. MacGillivray, of the Marine Corps League wrote that the award goes to 'worthy and inspirational recipients'.
'We believe that Daniel Penny and attorneys Raiser and Kenniff deserve such recognition and hope that they will consent to accept these awards,' he said.
Raiser, in turn, said he, Kenniff and Penny 'were honored to be in the same room being honored alongside many veterans of prior wars, including an Iwo Jima veteran and a retired general who served as one of the Tuskegee Airmen.'
Kenniff also noted that outside of the State House, Brig. General Enoch 'Woody' Woodhouse, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, took Penny's hand, looked him in the eye and said, 'I'm proud of you son.'
'That is a moment I don't think any of us will forget,' he said.
While the veterans honored Penny for his heroism, others were left outraged by his acquittal.
Neely's father, Andre Zachery, for example, blasted the decision outside the courthouse.
'It really, really hurts,' he said. 'I had enough of this. The system is rigged.'
Black Lives Matter leader Walter 'Hawk' Newsome, who said he was Neely's uncle, even went as far as threatening Penny in the courtroom with 'black vigilante' action.
He shouted, 'it's a small f**king world, buddy', amid the chaos which followed the verdict being announced at Manhattan Supreme Court on December 9.
Then, speaking to media and later protesters outside the courthouse, Newsome said it was time for 'black vigilantes.'
'Everybody else has vigilantes. We need some black vigilantes,' he said.
'People want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud, how about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us.'
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