A legal defense fund established on behalf of Daniel Penny — charged in the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely — has swelled to more than $2.62 million in a matter of days, with a stream of support coming from conservative commentators and politicians.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A legal defense fund established on behalf of Daniel Penny, who has been charged in the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely on a subway car, has swelled to more than $2.62 million in a matter of days.
The killing of Neely, 30, on May 1 touched off days of demonstrations. Many protesters questioned why his killer wasn’t immediately arrested and charged. A widely viewed phone video showed Penny holding Neely in a chokehold on the floor of an F train subway car until his body went limp. Penny was charged on May 12 after additional investigation and pleas by prosecutors for witnesses to come forward, and remains free on $100,000 bail.
Whether the attention translates into support for Penny in a Manhattan courtroom is a different matter. But Ross Sandler, a former federal prosecutor, said the notoriety of the case “greatly” increases the burden on Bragg to convince a jury that Penny’s response was disproportionate to the threat posed by Neely, a Michael Jackson impersonator with a history of mental illness and arrests.
The publicizing of sensational crimes in the subways and the Supreme Court’s embracing of gun availability as a constitutional right will all work to Penny’s advantage.The work of district attorneys invariably puts them in conflict with different segments of the population, Gershman said.
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