Daniel Penny jury being strongarmed for a conviction?
The judge presiding over Daniel Penny’s murder trial dismissed the manslaughter charge. The Jury was deadlocked on this charge, despite the police seeing that Jordan Neely was still alive when they arrived. The police officers did not want to administer CPR due to fear for their own health. Andy McCarthy, a former US Assistant Attorney, accused Alvin Bragg of trying to “strong-arm” the jury into issuing a conviction.
From The Post Millennial:
“Bragg added a baseless recklessness charge to the indictment so the jury would have two counts, increasing the odds of conviction by giving the jury something to compromise on,” McCarthy wrote. He further argued that the case lacked the elements necessary for a recklessness charge, which requires proof of a wanton disregard for an obvious risk of death.
McCarthy also appeared on Fox News, where he criticized Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Dafna Yoran’s request to dismiss the top charge and focus the jury’s deliberations solely on the lesser count.
“Today, the jurors have been Allen-charged to try to strong-arm them into deciding the count despite indicating, after three days, that they were deadlocked,” he claimed.
According to the Daily Mail, the difference between the charges is whether Penny’s actions constituted recklessness versus negligence when he restrained Neely with a chokehold. A manslaughter conviction would require proof the defendant recklessly caused another person’s death, while criminal negligent homicide involves engaging in “blameworthy conduct” without regard for its risk.
McCarthy explained that “There is evidence that Penny moved Neely into a position that would make breathing easier, waited for the police to come and fully cooperated with them, and did not even know Neely was dead when he voluntarily spoke to police and explained what happened — that he wasn’t trying to hurt Neely, just subdue him until the police arrived.”
Additional Reading:
Cunningham, H. (2024, December 8). Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accused of trying to ‘strong-arm’ jury into convicting Daniel Penny over death of Jordan Neely. The Post Millennial. Link.
I said it before — I hope he walks — and walks tall, proud and with a heavy deliberate step on the faces of the prosecution. Fuck them.
Go in peace young man! Live long and prosper.
Having a beer or seven for him later for sure!
It looks exactly like it HOWEVER from all the legal talking heads I saw on the news channels over the weekend DEY FUCKED UP when they 1. Dropped the manslaughter count, It was over right there.
Send the jury home over the weekend and expected them to a.) not talk to anyone about it (human nature) and b.) told them basically to come up with something.They are asking for something that’s not only going to win on appeal, BUT basically illigal and guiding a jury to pull something out of their ass for the benefit of the prosecution trying to save face for something that should have never been charged. \
He’s still screwed for the next few years at least, maybe the rest of his life. Jordan Neelys father has already brought a lawsuit and of course he will probably win based on the evidentiary standard of “preponderance of the evidence” vice “beyond a reasonable doubt.” I also heard this morning the good ole BLM is threatening to riot if he’s not found guilty. What a world.
BLM is merely a brainless mob awaiting orders from its herders and handlers who will be absent when the SHTF.
NOT GUILTY!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA…
Peasants must be afraid to defend themselves– progressive elite wisdom!
Get back in line, puny ants.
The caption/question posed by that cover photo says it all. But libs will never answer it for fear they will be branded racist. I really hope I come across someone calling for his conviction today so I can ask them the same question.
They want us to learn the lesson that we cannot intervene to stop a crime. If someone is committing a crime, let it happen. They want full dependency on the gruberment. They want subjects without agency.
That’s it right there, exactly what the top echelons of the left want, mindless compliance and dependence on them.
Give Mr. Penny a medal for taking out the trash and give bragg and yuran a bag of d*cks to choke on.
I think an AZ congressman wants to put him in for a Congressional Gold Medal for heroism.
You are correct, (Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz.,)
Daniel Penny to be tapped for Congressional Gold Medal by House GOP lawmaker
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/daniel-penny-tapped-congressional-gold-medal-house-gop-lawmaker
Others may disagree, but I’ll be shocked if they acquit on the second charge. The prosecution knew they didn’t have a case for the first charge, knew the jury would hang or find not guilty, knows the jury will now compromise. Just so they can get a conviction. And continue the race-baiting narrative. And the tropes about how veterans are dangerous killers. And how black lives really don’t matter.
In this case, they would be correct. This guy’s life didn’t matter to his family, the courts, the medical or mental health system, and certainly not to the Left. All that matters is his death and the political mileage they can get out of his sad, tragic existence.
In the bonus round, when Trump pardons Penny, the narrative will be Trump is racist as are all his supporters, and the Left has their next drug-addled criminal to canonize.
And so it goes.
Nailed it, Mi’Lady! And a hand picked jury in the civil trial will award a nice ghetto lottery to “The Family”…you know…for their pain, suffering, and the tragic loss of their beloved family member who was trying to turn his life around after finding Jesus.
Sadly, since it’s state charges Mr. Trump can have very little effect on this case. Only “The Guv” can do that and somehow, I don’t seeing that skrunt doing the right thing.
Not Guilty.
Yup, he just got acquitted. Now we’ll see if BLM would rise up and riot as was implied by BLM folks in New York.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/daniel-penny-subway-death-trial/index.html
In a way, I hope so. Gives opportunities for some more of those assholes to get an express ticket to Hell.
Yup:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-subway-chokehold-case-begin-050217365.html
Acquitted– cue the Leftist rioting!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jury-subway-chokehold-case-begin-050217365.html
I just sent an order of these to Alvin Braggs office: https://bagofdicks.com/
If I had more money than sense, I’d buy this and have it sent to his office signed, “Love You, from P. Diddy!! You and Letitha James and Fani Willis and Michael and Obama should all get together for a party. “