He stood tall for those who were scared.
Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny is on trial. for manslaughter. It's not a case of black versus white. Racial overtones are not emphasized.
Witnesses say different things. “His actions were not justified.” Another said: “Penny should have held on tighter. It was scary.”
fact. Inside a crowded subway car. A drugged homeless man scares people. Many people feel uncomfortable. I was threatened. His actions were directed at one woman. It sits there quietly. Fear. It was obvious to many that he was trying to hurt someone.
Penny assessed the situation and moved to stop this deranged, drugged homeless man, even though he was trained and his actions were life-saving and rational. Taken him down and placed him in a choke hold. A drugged homeless man dies. The problem was that the restraints took too long and the man died as a result of the struggle.
This is Page One's self-defense claim. Second degree manslaughter. Criminally negligent homicide. The heroic Penny, trained to fight for us and save us, was the only person on that scary subway car who came to the rescue. He is now 15 years old.
Really? In today's chaotic America, how would you feel if that lonely woman were your sister or mother?
Even though Penny comes to the rescue of a woman who was sitting quietly alone on a train packed with innocent people, she is now charged with negligent homicide and manslaughter.
In America's new sense of justice (no bail, released despite multiple charges), it is Penny, a hero to many, who is on trial.
Is it the way our parents taught us? No more E pluribus unum? Wouldn't it have been better if all the passengers in the car got off at the next stop and left one frightened woman there with him?
Is this how America the Beautiful has taught us? Is that how we learned in schools where kindergartners now have guns?
“Come Fly” with Frank — Easy
“Sinatra the Musical” Thursday is coming. One shot only. Reading at the Apollo Theater. Directed by Tony Award winner Kathleen Marshall. Full orchestra and the usual. In England, he was a hit at tryouts.
The scene begins on New Year's Eve 1942. A skinny 27-year-old at the Paramount Theatre. Kid Franky is on the rise. His wife Nancy struggles with his fame. He begins a love-in/sex-in with movie star Ava Gardner. His manhood rises, but his prestige falls. He will stage a comeback.
And so on, blah, blah, blah. That's his kid Tina in the back and some people have it here.
And forget about Biden. It is a return to Hollywood and Broadway stages.
Here again, something happened that made me look back on the past. It's like the return of Oscar winner Geraldine Page, who left us when there were only 13 states.
In 1986 she won an Oscar. Her last film, “My Little Girl,'' was released in 1986. She once worked on “mastering the art of French cooking.”
What she couldn't get over was her long marriage to actor Rip Torn – that was his name. I knew them both. To preserve their sanity, they lived separately.
This retrospective, presented by her daughter Angelica Page, kicks off the tour of her solo exhibition “Turning Page.”
Here's how to know that your new assistant has used a new computer. A wightout will appear across the screen.
