This morning, a Manhattan jury found Daniel Penny not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely on the New York City subway in May 2023. I think all of us are feeling the same thing. First, thank God. And second, how on earth was he charged in the first place?
‘Thank God’ is something we are thinking a lot these days. Since November 5, a lot of us have said that many, many times. Things are about to change in America for the good in the world and they are already starting to. But this feels like divine intervention because that thug, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, brought these charges where they never should have been brought to begin with. And then, as his case was falling apart on Friday, he refused to accept a mistrial when the jury was hung.
The Charges
The jury told the judge they were deadlocked on the most serious charge that had been brought against Daniel Penny, second degree manslaughter. The 26-year-old Marine veteran was accused of killing Jordan Neely, who the media would have you believe was just a Michael Jackson impersonator on the subway. No, that is not what happened. Jordan Neely got on that subway and was menacing and seriously threatening the other passengers. They were terrified, and they testified to exactly that in front of this jury.
They never should have brought the case, but the Manhattan DA’s office charged reckless homicide (i.e. second degree manslaughter) against Daniel Penny, which is a very serious charge. The jury could not reach a verdict on it. The next rung down was criminally negligent homicide, which has a lower burden of proof. Recklessness is worse than negligence. Recklessness is: You see the risk and you recklessly disregard it. Negligence is: You were negligent in failing to see the risk.
Bragg only charged that top charge of manslaughter to try to get to a ‘compromise verdict’ on negligent homicide. That disgusting thug knew he didn’t have Daniel Penny on recklessness. He did this to Donald Trump. He did this to Daniel Penny. And finally, a jury has given Bragg the double barrel bird to f-off and stop doing this sh-t. He won with his first jury with Trump, as you know, but the American people overruled him.
The Verdict
What happened on Friday was the jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the most serious charge, and that was the point at which the defense team asked for a mistrial. That request should have been granted. That is what should have happened. But instead, the judge allowed the prosecution to drop the manslaughter charge like it had never been brought, like the jury is not deadlocked at all, like we still have a viable claim in there.
Friday afternoon, the jury was sent back to deliberate on the serious – but not as serious – charge of criminally negligent homicide. And that is where they were told to resume this morning at 9am.
Alvin Bragg’s best case scenario was to have the jury go along with him on the manslaughter charge. His next best outcome was they would acquit on manslaughter but go for the negligent homicide as a compromise verdict.
Well, the jury didn’t do either. They saw through this farce of a trial. Matthew Russell of Inner City Press was in the courtroom when the verdict was read and reported that applause rang out from Daniel Penny’s side of the chamber after the jury foreperson said they found him not guilty.
Meanwhile, someone over on Neely’s side yelled out, “It’s a racist country.” Hello, madam or sir, that is not working anymore. You are going to have to find a new line.
CNN reported that Neely’s father had to be escorted from the courtroom after shouting an expletive. Where was he when Jordan Neely had dozens of arrests over the years? When he was punching 67-year-old women in the face? Where was the grieving dad then? I am not sure. But now he is suing Daniel Penny. Oh, okay, you are going get your money? Now you are totally behind your son?
The ‘Victim’
Jordan Neely is being described as the victim. He wasn’t the victim. He was the aggressor. He was the criminal on that subway car that day who was seriously threatening other passengers. He had a long history of hurting them.
The Associated Press did what that vile organization always does. It sent out a tweet about the verdict that read: “BREAKING: Daniel Penny, the veteran who used a chokehold on subway rider Jordan Neely, has been acquitted in Neely’s death.”
Yes, Neely, who went on the train and what? Was he just singing and dancing in his Michael Jackson routine? Is that what he was doing, AP? Or was there more than that? He actually was shouting at the commuters, “Someone is gonna die today.” He was on K2, some hugely intensive synthetic drug. There was testimony that could have been the cause of his death. That is how cracked up he was.
But the media wants you to think he is just a regular subway rider and mean, terrible, racist Daniel Penny, for some unknown reason, put him in a chokehold and killed him – notwithstanding all the evidence we have about what Jordan Neely was doing to the subway riders that day.
A New Era
This verdict confirms that the BLM era is officially over. They had us in some sort of weird, psychotic head spin for four or five years, and it is done. Trump is re-elected, and Daniel Penny is acquitted in one of the most leftist jurisdictions in America despite the fact that he is white and Jordan Neely was black. And they are still yelling, “It’s a racist country.” You fools. You absolute fools.
And by the way, it is not just someone over on Jordan Neely’s side. We had news coming into today that the outgoing chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Jaime Harrison, said his party is insane if they think the message of this election is to rethink identity politics.
Double down, sir. Triple down. Do it. Enjoy oblivion. Enjoy your desert island where you have no one applauding anything you say, and certainly no one voting for you. I look forward to watching you there.
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