The Rather Inconvenient Point Daniel Penny’s Critics Leave Out in Their Rush to Condemn His Acquittal

Considering his trial took place in New York City, I have to admit I didn’t think Daniel Penny would be acquitted on charges related to the May 2023 Jordan Neely subway incident, where Penny put Neely, a mentally ill homeless man with a lengthy criminal history, in a submission hold after Neely reportedly acted aggressively and threateningly towards other passengers.

According to witnesses who testified they were terrified by Neely’s behavior, other subway riders assisted the former Marine in restraining Neely, who was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

But on Monday, we learned that a jury had indeed found Penny not guilty of negligent homicide in Neely’s death, a verdict which ushered forth a predictable amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Usual Suspects in the media and beyond, many of who flashed the race card with wild abandon.

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Among them was Chivona Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, who blamed white jurors for the Penny verdict (language warning):

Ms. Newsome is the sister of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York co-founder Hawk Newsome (both are pictured above), who raised eyebrows after the Penny verdict was read after allegedly yelling out “It’s a small world, buddy” to Penny while in the courtroom and later calling on “black vigilantes” to act when they are allegedly being “oppressed” by others.

Woke Squad member and Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) blamed the jury’s verdict in so many words on the supposed indifference to violence against black people:

Left out of the hysterical rants about the jury and the justice system was the fact that four of the 12 jurors in Daniel Penny’s trial were people of color:

Further, witnesses of color testified as to how scared they were of Neely, with some thanking Penny for his actions.

This verdict had nothing to do with “white supremacy” or racism, and anyone who suggests otherwise to provoke violent reactions in response is just straight-up grifting and engaging in incitement at this point and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law if some crazed individual takes their suggestions to heart.

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