{"id":1930669,"date":"2023-05-14T05:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T09:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donations-continue-to-flood-defense-fund-for-marine-vet-charged-in-death-of-jordan-neely-surpass-1m\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T05:57:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T09:57:27","slug":"donations-continue-to-flood-defense-fund-for-marine-vet-charged-in-death-of-jordan-neely-surpass-1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donations-continue-to-flood-defense-fund-for-marine-vet-charged-in-death-of-jordan-neely-surpass-1m\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $1M donated to defense fund for Marine vet charged in Jordan Neely&#8217;s death."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonations-continue-to-flood-defense-fund-for-marine-vet-charged-in-death-of-jordan-neely-surpass-1m%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930669&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Marine Veteran&#8217;s Legal Defense Fundraiser Skyrockets to Over $1 Million<\/h2>\n<p>A legal defense fundraiser for Marine veteran Daniel Penny has reached over $1 million in donations as of Saturday afternoon. Penny, 24, was charged with manslaughter in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely after putting him in a chokehold on a New York City subway. However, witnesses say Neely was threatening passengers, and Penny was protecting them.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fundraiser<\/h3>\n<p>Penny&#8217;s attorneys started a GiveSendGo fundraiser to help him with his legal defense. The fundraiser states that the funds will be used to pay for Penny&#8217;s legal fees and any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/givesendgo-campaign-raises-more-than-400k-for-daniel-penny\/\" title=\"Daniel Penny's GiveSendGo campaign raises over 0K.\">future civil lawsuits<\/a> that may arise, as well as expenses related to his defense.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 25,000 donations have been made<\/li>\n<li>Many donations come from anonymous donors giving small amounts<\/li>\n<li>Comments praising Penny&#8217;s actions and expressing disbelief that he was charged with a crime flooded the fundraising platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One comment from Johnny V read, &#8220;I am a 76 year old male a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blocked-gop-from-reading-names-of-slain-u-s-troops-reps-say\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Blocked GOP From Reading Names Of Slain U.S. Troops, Reps Say\">wounded combat veteran<\/a> of the Vietnam War also a retired sgt from the NYPD I just can\u2019t believe how \ud83d\ude33 this country has become.&#8221; Another donor, Alfredo Rodriguez, said, &#8220;When somebody steps up in defense against a terrifying, ranting bully, that somebody should be applauded and not persecuted. We need more Daniel Perrys in this world!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser also benefited from a tweet by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who referred to Penny as a &#8220;Good Samaritan&#8221; and directed people to the campaign.<\/p>\n<h3>The Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Neely had over 40 prior arrests, including for violent crimes, and struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>. Two years ago, he was arrested for punching a 67-year-old female in the face and knocking her to the ground as she exited a subway station. Neely was also arrested for attempting to kidnap a 7-year-old girl he was seen dragging down a street, according to the New York Daily News.<\/p>\n<p>While the New York City medical examiner ruled the incident a homicide, criminal proceedings must determine Penny&#8217;s intent or culpability.<\/p>\n<p>As Governor DeSantis said in his tweet, &#8220;We must defeat the Soros-Funded DAs, stop the Left&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-officials-approve-petition-to-recall-progressive-l-a-county-d-a-gascon-signature-gathering-begins\/\" title=\"Election Officials Approve Petition To Recall Progressive L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n, Signature-Gathering Begins\">pro-criminal agenda<\/a>, and take back the streets for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sheriffs-tell-newsom-they-wont-enforce-covid-curfew\/\" title=\"California Sheriffs Tell Newsom They Won't Enforce COVID Curfew\">law-abiding citizens<\/a>. We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let&#8217;s show this Marine&#8230; America&#8217;s got his back.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A legal defense fundraiser for Marine veteran Daniel Penny continues to skyrocket, hitting the million-dollar mark on Saturday. Penny, 24, was charged Friday with manslaughter in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Video footage showed the marine veteran put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold after witnesses say Neely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1930670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[15118,3649,6499,3998,7406,4338,4356,7801,25852,6866],"class_list":["post-1930669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-1m","tag-charged","tag-death","tag-defense","tag-donated","tag-fund","tag-jordan","tag-marine","tag-neelys","tag-vet"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}