Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz goes after Daniel Penney and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg after a New York City jury Monday acquitted him in the subway strangulation case. I am calling on you to do so.
Bragg accused 26-year-old Penny in connection with an incident in May 2023 in which she confronted and subdued Jordan Neely, a homeless man who was high on drugs and threatening passengers. He could not be found guilty of manslaughter. Penny subdued him. Following Penny's acquittal, Mr. Cruz, in a statement obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation, urged Mr. Bragg to file charges of malicious prosecution against the former U.S. Marine.
“Alvin Bragg is an absolute disaster. First, indicting Donald Trump in a partisan lawsuit, then indicting Daniel Penny for saving the lives of other subway riders from a madman who threatened to kill everyone on the subway.” ,” Cruz said in a statement. “Penny should charge Bragg with malicious prosecution and hold this corrupt Soros prosecutor accountable.” (Related: BLM leader calls for 'black vigilantes' to descend on cities after Daniel Penny's acquittal)
Daniel Penny arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court for jury deliberations in New York City on December 5, 2024. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)
bragg was indicted President-elect Donald Trump has been successfully convicted of 34 felonies related to an alleged scheme in which Trump falsified business records as part of a broader effort to “corrupt” the 2016 presidential election. . Mr. Bragg received hundreds of thousands of dollars from left-wing mega-donor George Soros through the Color of Change PAC for his 2021 district attorney campaign, but in his capacity as Manhattan's top law enforcement official, he received hundreds of thousands of dollars from criminals. He has also been receiving harsh attention for his lenient attitude toward others.
Neely had been arrested 42 times and had mental health and substance abuse issues before meeting Penny. many observer and analyst Bragg believed that he should not have filed a lawsuit against Penny given the circumstances surrounding Neely's death, including the fact that Neely was not yet dead when officers arrived on the scene.
Neely's father, Andre Zachery, file a lawsuit Penny is suing in civil court for damages related to her son's death. Notably, Zachery, who reportedly made a violent threat against one of Penny's lawyers in court Monday and said after the verdict that “the system is rigged,” said that Neely was a child. He hardly appeared during the period. According to Neely's profile in 2023 published by New York Magazine.
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