woke new york da prosecuting hero marine was soft on killer of man, 87
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to crime-ravaged new yorkers, former u.s. marine daniel penny is a hero. but to a woke assistant district attorney, the 26-year-old is a villain.
penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the may 2023 death of jordan neely. penny, who pleaded not guilty, allegedly used a fatal chokehold on neely aboard an uptown bound f train in manhattan.
witnesses said neely was freaking out on the subway and terrifying other straphangers. penny stepped in to try and quell the situation, and it spiralled out of control.
this image from body camera video provided by new york city police department, penny, standing at left, looks on in a new york city subway car as officers attempt to revive jordan neely onmay 5, 2023. (new york city police department via ap)
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a manhattan jury is now deliberating penny’s fate.
“those passengers were afraid. i’ve been on the subway system. i know what it is as a police officer to wrestle or fight with someone,” big apple mayor eric adams said on the weekend.
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“it is imperative that we look at the totality of this problem.”
not so much for assistant manhattan district attorney dafna yoran, who urged jurors to convict him of manslaughter on tuesday.
a man, identified as 30-year-old jordan neely, is placed in a choke hold by a fellow passenger on a subway train, in new york city, may 1, 2023, in this still image obtained from a video.
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this is the same prosecutor who asked for a reduced sentence for a violent mugger who murdered an 87-year-old man over $300 in 2019. she called the scheme “restorative justice.”
the victim in that case was hammered in the back of the head at an atm. instead of second-degree murder, the killer was convicted of manslaughter at yoran’s behest.
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her motives align with those of soft-on-crime, george soros-backed manhattan district attorney alvin bragg.
yoran later claimed she “saw an opportunity for a transformative outcome” and jumped on it. it was the first use of a “transformative justice” program in a homicide case. that changed a 25-year sentence to just 10 years behind bars.
new york police officers respond to the scene where a fight was reported on a subway train, monday, may 1, 2023, in new york.
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meanwhile, if convicted of manslaughter, penny faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.
and there are some, including defence lawyer louis gelormino, who argue the charges against penny should never have been filed.
“it is just a continuance of the soft-on-crime policies that have permeated our big cities,” gelormino told fox news.
in her closing arguments to the jury, yoran said penny is guilty as charged.
daniel penny arrives at court, wednesday, dec. 4, 2024, in new york.
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“the defence here has blamed the system, the police response, everyone is responsible for jordan neely’s death except the defendant,” yoran said.
“the only thing you need to determine here is that the evidence has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had killed jordan neely.”
according to the new york post, neely had an extensive record of criminal arrests. his roster of charges included 42 arrests for petty larceny, jumping subway turnstiles, theft, and three unprovoked assaults on women in the subway between 2019 and 2021.
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he had also frequently been homeless and involuntarily hospitalized for mental issues in the past.
adams has praised penny for taking action as neely spiralled out of control on the subway.
“we’re on the subway where we’re hearing someone talking about hurting people, killing people,” the mayor said.
“you have someone on that subway who was responding, doing what we should have done as a city in a state of having a mental health facility.”
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