A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict on Monday, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH: The family of the late Jordan Neely has spoken out after his killer, Daniel Penny , was found not guilty in a New York City court on Monday.was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.Both charges were felonies and carried the possibility of prison time.
The case amplified many American fault lines, among them race, politics, crime, urban life, mental illness and homelessness. Neely was Black. Penny is white. Hospitalized for depression at age 14, Neely later was diagnosed with schizophrenia that at times made him hallucinate and become paranoid, according to medical records seen at the trial. Neely also used the synthetic cannabinoid K2 and realized it negatively affected his thinking and behavior, according to a 2019 hospital record. The drug was in his system when he died.
Other passengers’ video showed that at one point during the roughly six-minute hold, Neely tapped an onlooker’s leg and gestured to him. At another juncture, Neely briefly got an arm free. But he went still nearly a minute before Penny released him.A witness who stepped in to hold down Neely’s arms testified that he told Penny to free the man, though Penny’s lawyers noted the witness’ story changed significantly over time.
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