A few nights ago, I was sitting around shooting the breeze with some friends, who politically lean both right and left. One thing they all agreed on was: don’t go to NYC if you can avoid it. Every one of us had a story about getting hemmed up for something stupid in NYC. They hate out-of-towners and will do anything they can to make your visit an unpleasant experience. And as this story illustrates, you can’t even defend yourself against the rampant crime.
I dunno, we went a few weeks ago and had a pretty good time… Just Sayin
It’s probably more fun if you’re a Ghostbuster.
This was no Michael Jackson wannabe, this was a homicidal maniac running loose! An Alvin Bragg love child!
As I predicted, they found the 12 who are peers to the gutter psycho criminal
In Daniel Penny Case, NYC Has Put Batman on Trial
COMMENTARY
October 29, 2024
Batman is a hero for stopping the criminals threatening the people of Gotham City. Daniel Penny is on trial for stopping a criminal threatening the people of New York City. It doesn’t get much more backward than this.
On Monday, jury selection began in Penny’s trial. Prosecutors have charged him with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely.
In May 2023, Penny encountered Neely on a NYC subway. Neely was acting erratically and threatening passengers. Witnesses have testified that Neely said, “Someone is going to die today.”
That was no idle threat. Filemon Castillo Baltazar said Neely punched him in the face while he waited on a NYC subway platform in 2019. Two years later, police arrested Neely for smacking a 67-year-old woman in the face. Court documents say he broke her nose and orbital bone. She also had “substantial” head pain. In all, Neely had more than 40 arrests, including an active warrant for that 2021 assault.
Put yourself in their shoes. You’re trapped on a subway car with a madman who’s threatening to murder someone. According to grand jury testimony, one subway rider believed he or she was “going to die” based on Neely’s behavior. A mother hid herself and her son behind a stroller. Passengers called 911.
There’s nowhere to run to. There’s no place to hide. Most people can’t fight back successfully. This is when you wish superheroes were real. You need Batman to sweep in and save the day.
That’s what Penny did, sans the cape. Risking his own life, the former Marine put Neely into a submission hold. Two other passengers helped Penny restrain Neely as he continued to resist. After Neely went limp, Penny helped put him in the recovery position.
Sadly, Neely passed away. The NYC medical examiner said he died from the compression of his neck. Neely also had K2, a synthetic cannabinoid, in his system. It can cause violent outbursts and lead to seizures and death.
This incident wouldn’t have been national news except for two things. One, a passenger recorded some of it. Two, Neely was black while Penny is white.
Leftists quickly demanded that Penny be charged.
“Jordan Neely was murdered,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted at the time. She called it “disgusting” that “the murderer gets protected with passive headlines plus no charges.”
That’s right. Police didn’t immediately arrest Penny. That makes sense because he clearly acted in self-defense. But the left kept ramping up the pressure.
“Black people just don’t have to worry about being strangled by police, but by a regular citizen feeling empowered and supported by elected officials,” Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, said in May 2023.
This is crazy. Black people don’t have to worry about being strangled by “regular” citizens. People who physically threaten others do – regardless of their skin color.
Eventually, NYC officials gave into the mob. Prosecutors knew they couldn’t make a murder charge stick. Penny didn’t intentionally try to kill anyway. These lesser charges contend that Penny either acted recklessly or failed “to perceive a substantial and unjustifiable risk.”
Notice the double standard. Leftists don’t want Neely held responsible for what happened after he recklessly threatened people. But they do want Penny held responsible for – after risking his own life – supposedly holding a submission hold for a few seconds too long.
A healthy society would laud Penny as a hero. That praise would inspire other men to intervene in violent situations. Their actions and locking up the criminals would then reduce subway crime.
Instead, NYC wants to send Penny to jail, potentially for more than a decade. In superhero terms, they’re trying to jail Batman for stopping the Joker. What a travesty.
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Excellent post. Especially this fact. Unfortunately, Penny will be imprisoned. It’s inevitable. I hope I’m so wrong but city leaders will not risk Burn Loot and Murder in their city. And sadly, AOC won’t either .
This will also set a standard for future incidences of people not helping protect others.
Daniel Penny trial: Meet the jurors who will decide Marine veteran’s fate in subway chokehold case
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JUROR #1
A marketing and communications rep for a nonprofit art agency who said she has seen outbursts on the subway before and previously served as an alternate juror on an armed robbery case.
Originally from New Jersey, she said she feels apprehensive about being physically threatened, has a master’s degree in theater management and teaches marketing on the side.
JUROR #2
A male who lives in Washington Heights and works in health care. During the selection process, he said he had never seen a disturbance from a subway rider.
He came to the U.S. from his native Philippines.
JUROR #3
A computer programmer from the East Village who is originally from Atlanta. He rides the subway occasionally, has never seen an outburst or been threatened and likes video games.
JUROR #4
A female lawyer from Yorkville. She had family members in both the military and police departments but said she will be able to follow the judge’s instructions and be a fair juror.
She has witnessed subway outbursts and has felt personally targeted.
JUROR #5
A retiree from the Upper East Side who said during the selection process that he rides the subway once or twice a week and has witnessed outbursts and has felt personally targeted but has not called police.
He’s previously sat on two grand juries.
A retired librarian from Morningside Heights, near Columbia University. She served on a jury a decade ago, her daughter was once assaulted in Times Square, and despite riding the subway daily she has never seen an outburst or been targeted herself.
JUROR #7
A man from the Upper West Side who rides the subway regularly but said he had never been harassed on the city’s rail system. He has seen outbursts, however.
JUROR #8
An East Village woman who came to the U.S. from Ukraine 45 years ago. She is a retired journalist who works in a gift shop and supports her unemployed son.
She said she does not ride the subway as much as she used to but has never had any problems.
JUROR #9
A woman originally from Nebraska who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 40 years with her husband, a former advertiser who survived a street mugging.
She’s served on two prior juries and said “Yes, of course” she has witnessed subway outbursts, although none had targeted her personally.
JUROR #10
A West Village woman who endured harassment on a near-empty subway car and said during the selection process that force could be justified under certain circumstances.
Despite her harrowing subway encounter, she said she didn’t call police. She and her friend switched cars instead to get away from an erratic man who was swearing at them and calling them names.
JUROR #11
A midtown lawyer who survived a robbery four years ago. A regular subway rider, he said he has witnessed outbursts but has never been personally attacked.
JUROR #12
A paralegal who doesn’t work on criminal cases.
She said she is a regular straphanger who has seen outbursts but never been personally harassed.
The twelve jurors and four alternates took their seats Friday for opening statements.
Penny is a 25-year-old Marine Corps veteran and college student majoring in architecture.
Neely was a 30-year-old homeless man and former Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness and criminality, including a prior charge for assaulting a 67-year-old New York City woman in 2021.
Penny faces up to 19 years in prison if convicted.
Original article source: Daniel Penny trial: Meet the jurors who will decide Marine veteran’s fate in subway chokehold case
Note to self: if the party of joy wins the election and you witness an innocent defenseless civilian being attacked by a criminal or a madman, resist your natural inclination to help the victim. Walk away and don’t look back because if you do the right thing, your reward will be time behind bars.
Prosecution names Daniel Penny’s crime.