After a New York City jury acquitted Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny of manslaughter in the strangulation death of Jordan Neely, an activist sent out a threatening message saying, “Black vigilantes.'' ” stood up and presumably called on white people to “do the same.” Black people “jump up on them, choke them… and kill them…” because they're “noisy,” he said.
A jury found Penny not guilty of strangling Ms Neely to death. Neely was said to be a mentally ill man who was making threats on the subway. Penny moved to protect the passengers and secured Neely in a chokehold.
Walter 'Hawk' Newsome, who claims to be Neely's uncle, was in the courtroom throughout the proceedings and erupted in anger outside after the verdict. (Newsom co-founded Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, but BLM denies any association with him, said Kylie Scales, managing director of the Black Lives Matter Global Network.) He said: said In 2020. )
“Everyone else has a vigilante group. We need a black vigilante group,” Newsom declared.
“People are going to jump up and strangle us and kill us? Why don't we do the same when they try to oppress us?” he said. . “I'm tired.”
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According to daily mailNewsom also appeared. threaten After the verdict, Penny yelled at him: “It’s a small world, buddy.”
Newsom's claims that Neely was randomly targeted because of her race or simply because she was “loud” are false. Rather, a penny said Neely was actively threatening to kill someone on that day last year.
“His three main threats over and over again were: 'I'm going to kill you,' 'I'm ready to go to prison for the rest of my life,' and 'I don't care if I die,'” Penny said. A video released by his lawyer in the summer of 2023.
“I was scared for myself, but I looked around. I saw women and children too. He was yelling in their faces…I didn't want to be in that situation, but… I couldn't just sit back and let him carry out these threats,” he added, saying he did not intend to kill the man.
“Some say I tried to suffocate him, but that's not true either. I was trying to restrain him. If you watch the video, you can clearly see his chest rising and falling. “I can see that,” Penny said.
“I didn't see a black man threatening the passengers. I saw a man threatening the passengers, many of whom were people of color,” he added.
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As Breitbart News reported, “Jurors end with acquittal.” I heard from More than 40 witnesses, including a passenger, testified that Penny approached them from behind on the train and that Neely yelled horrific abuse at them before dropping him off at the Broadway-Lafayette station. ”
