Today, as the jury reconvenes, the manslaughter charge Daniel Penny faces is a face-saving measure for a farce, and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's decision to prosecute a case that should never have been brought. It's a last-ditch effort to please a few progressive agitators. .
On Friday, jurors twice said they could not reach agreement on the leading charge of manslaughter. The defense argued for a miscarriage of justice, so this should have been the end of the case.
However, Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran decided that the manslaughter charge should simply be dropped and move forward to the second lesser charge.
Judge Maxwell Wylie agreed with the prosecution and, surprisingly, the more serious charge, which could have carried a 15-year prison sentence, was eliminated.
The dropping of the manslaughter charges was all the more shocking since Yoran had fought so hard for this. She heavily slandered Penny, saying he lied to police and showed “zero remorse.”
he “didn't recognize” [Neely’s] It’s humanity,” she argued.
Nonsense. Penny wasn't a reckless hothead looking for trouble. He remained at the scene and voluntarily spoke to police, telling them he did not intend to hurt Neely.
Left-wing deceptive accusations
Meanwhile, outside the courthouse, BLM leader Hawk Newsom comically declared, “The KKK has won again.” The same goes for Manhattan.
“Racism is extending its tentacles all over this case and the hearts of white Americans,” and anyone who thinks Penny is innocent is a racist.
Newsom's white supremacist fantasies were met with unbridled enthusiasm, including three-way applause.
During the grueling month-long trial, the dozen or so protesters standing outside appeared to dwindle by the day.
Also gone are foul-mouthed politicians like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Governor Hochul.
Since the incident, AOC has been banging the drum to denounce Penny, tweeting, “Jordan Neely was murdered.”
She attended Nealy's funeral, shamelessly posed for selfies with attendees, and told Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who called Nealy a Good Samaritan, that she should read the Bible. .
Why is it so quiet now? Because she saw Neely not as a victim, but as a means to legitimately strengthen her “squad”.
“I'm glad the prosecutor's office is investigating,” Hochul said in May 2023, adding that there must be “results.” She is also quiet now.
These opportunists are being hammered with the reality that Penny's trial showed: that the left's narrative about him is wrong and harmful.
But it is clear that the fever that woke up broke. After a decade of madness and racism that gripped both government agencies and corporate America, common sense is returning.
What was promoted by many media outlets in May 2023 as a white vigilante murdering a black homeless man impersonating Michael Jackson, was revealed in late 2024 for its true nature: an extraordinary act of selflessness on Penny's part. It is considered that there is.
This Marine Corps veteran stood up to protect an innocent straphanger from a drug-addicted man who randomly assaulted him on the subway.
correct a legal mistake
In court, New Yorkers of all races testified that Neely scared them unlike other subway attackers. One elderly black woman told the jury that she said “thank you” to Penny for his actions and even gave him a slight smile on the witness stand.
It was clear that Penny should not have been prosecuted, but Bragg could not give up on it. Prosecutors hope to ensure they get their meat by including fewer charges. Perhaps the jury would be more comfortable convicting Penny on the lesser charge, as he would only face a suspended sentence or up to four years in prison.
But the only true justice would be setting Penny free.
And our leaders understand that they must act to restore safety to our cities, and that they have foolishly overspent in the name of far-left activism.
