Hero Daniel Penny acquitted in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely
"This brave man, Daniel Penny, protected a subway train full of potential victims from an insane person proclaiming loudly he was going to kill them. To charge him is insanity itself and the prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, should be charged with moronic actions. Thank God he was acquitted, " says Eugene Delgaudio, president of Public Advocate.
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 courtroom erupted in applause as 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.
"We the jury have come to a unanimous decision on county two," the foreperson on the jury told the courtroom.
Penny immediately broke out a huge smile and turned to hug defense attorney Thomas Kenniff - even as Neely's father, Andre Zachary, was escorted from the courtroom.
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