{"id":1948376,"date":"2023-06-15T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-his-court-date-as-alvin-bragg-speaks-out\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:47:37","slug":"subway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-his-court-date-as-alvin-bragg-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-his-court-date-as-alvin-bragg-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway Marine Daniel Penny gets court date; Alvin Bragg speaks up."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fsubway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-his-court-date-as-alvin-bragg-speaks-out%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=1948376&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>A Grand Jury Indicts Man in Fatal Chokehold Case<\/h2>\n<p>A grand jury has made a significant decision in the case of a man who put an agitated New York City subway rider in a fatal chokehold, prosecutors confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/grand-jury-makes-indictment-decision-marine-veteran-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Penny<\/a> was initially charged with manslaughter last month in the May 1 death of Jordan Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who struggled in recent years with homelessness and mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg confirmed that the grand jury voted to indict, a day after the news was widely reported.<\/p>\n<p>The specific charges will be unveiled during Penny\u2019s arraignment on June 28. He had initially been charged with manslaughter in the second degree, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/prominent-trans-activist-jailed-murdering-entire-family-depraved-crime-ever-handled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prison<\/a>, but a grand jury\u2019s approval of charges was needed for the case to continue.<\/p>\n<p>Neely was shouting at passengers and begging for money when Penny, a former U.S. Marine, pinned him to the floor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-his-court-date-as-alvin-bragg-speaks-out\/\" title=\"Subway Marine Daniel Penny gets court date; Alvin Bragg speaks up.\">moving subway car<\/a> with the help of two other riders. Penny then held Neely in a chokehold that lasted more than three minutes until his body went limp.<\/p>\n<p>Penny has said he was protecting himself and other passengers, claiming Neely shouted \u201cI\u2019m gonna\u2019 kill you\u201d and that he was \u201cready to die\u201d or go to jail for life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was yelling in their faces saying these threats,\u201d Penny said in a video released by his attorneys this week. \u201cI just couldn\u2019t sit still.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A freelance journalist who recorded Neely struggling to free himself, then lapsing into unconsciousness, said he was acting aggressively and frightening people but hadn\u2019t assaulted anyone.<\/p>\n<p>Neely\u2019s death prompted protests by many who saw it as an example of racial injustice, setting off a debate about vigilantism and public safety in New York City. Several commentators, including Rev. Al Sharpton, compared the chokehold death to the Bernhard Goetz case in 1984, in which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asians-are-victims-of-white-supremacy-narrative-comes-from-activists-pushing-policies-rejected-by-many-asians\/\" title=\"\u2018Asians Are Victims Of White Supremacy\u2019 Narrative Comes From Activists Pushing Policies Rejected By Many Asians\">white gunman shot<\/a> four black men on a subway train.<\/p>\n<p>Others have rallied around Penny, including several of the Republican candidates for president. A fund set up to pay for Penny\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-legal-team-gets-major-shakeup-two-key-members-unexpectedly-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal defense<\/a> has raised more than $2.8 million, according to his lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>The attorneys, Steven Raiser and Thomas Keniff, said they were confident that a trial jury would find Penny\u2019s actions on the train justified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we respect the decision of the grand jury to move this case forward to trial, it should be noted that the standard of proof in a grand jury is very low and there has been no finding of wrongdoing,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Neely, 30, had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-who-stabbed-killed-pentagon-officer-identified\/\" title=\"Suspect who stabbed, killed Pentagon officer identified\">arrested multiple times<\/a> and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wife-of-drug-kingpin-el-chapo-pleads-guilty-in-federal-court\/\" title=\"Wife of drug kingpin \u2018El Chapo\u2019 pleads guilty in federal court\">recently pleaded guilty<\/a> to assaulting a 67-year-old woman leaving a subway station in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Penny, 24, was released on $100,000 bond following a May 12 court appearance.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the indictment would allow for justice to move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appreciate DA Bragg conducting a thorough investigation into the death of Jordan Neely,\u201d he said. \u201cLike I said when the DA first brought charges, I have the utmost faith in the judicial process, and now that the Grand Jury has indicted Daniel Penny, a trial and justice can move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-subway-marine-daniel-penny-learns-court-date-alvin-bragg-speaks\/\">Subway Marine Daniel Penny Learns His Court Date as Alvin Bragg Speaks Out<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who fatally choked an agitated NYC subway rider has been indicted by a grand jury. Daniel Penny, initially charged with manslaughter, caused the death of Jordan Neely on May 1. Neely, a former Michael Jackson impersonator, battled homelessness and mental illness in recent years. Prosecutors confirmed this on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1948377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[548],"tags":[10996,22120,22119,4733,8488,7801,22695,3625,6743,7552],"class_list":["post-1948376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-date","tag-alvin","tag-bragg","tag-court","tag-daniel","tag-marine","tag-penny","tag-speaks","tag-subway","tag-up"],"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\/1948376","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}