dailyfail trying to make Daniel Penny the hero

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Marine veteran Daniel Penny has handed himself in to the NYPD to face a second degree manslaughter charge for the chokehold death of Jordan Neely.

Penny, 24, handed himself into the NYPD's 5th Precinct this morning. He will go to court shortly to be arraigned on a second degree manslaughter charge which carries a sentence of up to 15 years.

He put Neely - a mentally ill, homeless man with a record of 40 prior arrests including violent attacks - in a chokehold after Neely shouted that he was 'fed up' and wanted to go to jail.







https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12076733/Witness-subway-thanked-Daniel-Penny-putting-Jordan-Neely-chokehold.html

[live love laugh]

1. The victim was not the only one who is mentally ill.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. The right-wing movement surrounding Daniel Penny is barbaric

The RWNJs are supporting this asshole

Link to tweet

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley on Tuesday called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to pardon Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran charged with second-degree manslaughter for killing Jordan Neely, a mentally ill man, on the New York City subway with a chokehold in April. .....

Shocking as that rationale sounds, Haley’s position isn’t an outlier. There’s a growing movement of right-wing politicians, activists and pundits staking out an extreme position in ardent support of Penny. They don’t just defend his actions but glorify them as heroic. They don't see tragedy in the needless death of Neely, but a potentially exciting model for dealing with social problems.....

Haley isn’t the only 2024 contender who has signaled support for Penny. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tweeted a link to a crowdfunding page set up by Penny’s lawyers, wrote that it’s imperative to “take back the streets for law abiding citizens” and called for support to show him that “America’s got his back.” Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy sent $10,000 to the fundraiser, which has raised over $2.5 million. (Donors to that fundraiser have left comments like “No tears for the [man] who died….” and “take back our country from these villains bent on destroying our nation.”) Former President Donald Trump said that he didn’t want to make a “definitive statement” but that “I think he [Penny] was in danger,” adding: “And it sounded like the other people in the car were in danger. And it also looks like this man [who was killed] was arrested over 40 times and had lots of problems.”

The list of right-wing VIPs celebrating Penny goes on and on. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., deemed him a “Subway Superman.” Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., called him a “hero.” One America News asked readers whether Penny should be honored. This isn’t just about the MAGA corners of the right: The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial defending Penny as “the Subway Samaritan.” Twitter CEO Elon Musk liked a tweet calling Neely, the victim, “worthless,” as well as a tweet poll circulating on the right asking whether Neely was murdered or “had it coming” (the overwhelming majority believed the latter). ....

One can’t help but note the pro-Penny movement’s selective attitude toward the law. Many of its members think that it’s an injustice that Penny is being subjected to legal scrutiny for killing a man. But they think that emboldening people like him to act as citizen cops — and administer force brutally and with impunity — is the best way to keep America lawful. In other words, this isn’t about law. It’s strongman politics, one act of domination at a time.