{"id":2376700,"date":"2024-12-05T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-faces-lawsuit-from-jordan-neelys-father-amid-jury-deliberations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T13:31:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T18:31:38","slug":"daniel-penny-faces-lawsuit-from-jordan-neelys-father-amid-jury-deliberations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daniel-penny-faces-lawsuit-from-jordan-neelys-father-amid-jury-deliberations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Penny faces lawsuit from Jordan Neely\u2019s father amid jury deliberations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fdaniel-penny-faces-lawsuit-from-jordan-neelys-father-amid-jury-deliberations-washington-examiner%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=2376700&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--><p>Daniel Penny,a former Marine,is currently facing a civil lawsuit from the father of Jordan Neely,a homeless man who \u2062died after Penny put him in\u2062 a chokehold\u2063 on a New York subway.\u2062 The lawsuit \u200daccuses Penny\u200c of negligence, assault, and battery and comes as a jury\u200c deliberates on the criminal case against him,\u2062 where \u2062he faces charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminally \u200dnegligent homicide, which could carry a prison sentence of\u200d up to 15 years.Neely died on May 1, 2023, after\u2063 being\u2062 restrained for almost six minutes. The civil suit was filed by Neely&#8217;s father, Andre Zachary, shortly before the \u2064jury entered its third day of deliberations regarding Penny&#8217;s guilt in\u200c the \u2064criminal trial. The lawsuit argues that penny&#8217;s actions directly led to Neely&#8217;s death, seeking damages\u2064 in response to the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Daniel Penny faces lawsuit from Jordan Neely&rsquo;s father amid jury deliberations<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1903538\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3231183\/daniel-penny-trial-draws-parallels-bernhard-goetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Daniel Penny<\/a>, a former Marine on trial for the Manhattan subway death of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3178538\/daniel-penny-on-trial-deadly-chokehold-of-jordan-neely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jordan Neely<\/a>, now faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bills-punter-matt-araiza-free-of-criminal-charges-regarding-gang-rape-accusation\/\" title=\"Former Bills Punter Matt Araiza Free of Criminal Charges Regarding Gang Rape Accusation\">separate civil lawsuit<\/a> from Neely&rsquo;s father alleging negligence, assault, and battery as a jury deliberates Penny&rsquo;s fate in the criminal case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man, died on May 1, 2023, after Penny restrained him in a chokehold for nearly six minutes on a crowded subway. The civil lawsuit was filed Wednesday at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> Supreme Court by Andre Zachary, Neely&rsquo;s father, and coincides with jury deliberations in Penny&rsquo;s criminal trial over the high-profile incident.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daniel Penny leaves a courtroom in New York, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zachary&rsquo;s civil suit came just before the jury entered its third day of deliberations in Penny&rsquo;s trial on Thursday. They are weighing whether to find him innocent or guilty of second-degree manslaughter and criminal negligent homicide, charges that carry up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit by Neely&rsquo;s father, first <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Uebey\/status\/1864686649822662844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a> by the <em>Independent,<\/em> alleges Penny&rsquo;s actions directly caused his son&rsquo;s death. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">father seeks damages &#038;ldquo<\/a>;exceeding the jurisdictional limits&rdquo; of lower courts.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary and Christopher Neely, an uncle of Jordan Neely, have been at the trial and have witnessed repeated footage of Neely&rsquo;s final moments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/01\/nyregion\/subway-choking-jordan-neely-relatives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Penny&rsquo;s lawyer argued the civil lawsuit was a distraction given that the jury had not even reached a conclusion in the criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The timing is unfortunate as Danny is awaiting a verdict from the jury where the potential consequences are far greater than any civil suit could threaten,&rdquo; he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/nation\/father-of-victim-in-nyc-subway-chokehold-case-sues-defendant-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a> to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>, adding that Penny had not yet been served the complaint. &ldquo;We will not be distracted by this attempt to attack Danny while he is under such tremendous stress.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses testified that Neely was shouting aggressively inside the confined subway car last year, claiming he didn&rsquo;t care if he went to jail and threatening passengers before Penny reacted and placed Neely into a chokehold.<\/p>\n<p>Penny, 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loudoun-sheriff-closes-probe-into-anti-racist-group-asking-someone-to-hack-is-not-illegal\/\" title=\"Loudoun Sheriff Closes Probe Into \u2018Anti-Racist\u2019 Group: \u2018Asking Someone To Hack Is Not Illegal\u2019\">told detectives<\/a> he acted to protect others, saying, &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t trying to injure him &hellip; that&rsquo;s what we are taught in the Marine Corps.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the four-week trial, prosecutors argued Penny&rsquo;s response was reckless, claiming he continued to hold Neely even after he stopped moving. Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran told jurors, &ldquo;You cannot kill someone because they are ranting and menacing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The defense counters that Neely&rsquo;s death was influenced by preexisting conditions, including schizophrenia and synthetic drug use. Penny&rsquo;s lawyer, Steven Raiser, characterized his client&rsquo;s actions as a selfless attempt to protect passengers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Daniel Penny was the one who moved to protect them,&rdquo; Raiser said during closing arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The case has drawn national attention, sparking debates on public safety, race, and vigilantism. Penny, who is white, has been both criticized as a violent vigilante and lauded as a hero for restraining Neely, a black man.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The jury, composed of seven women and five men, has reviewed bodycam footage and Penny&rsquo;s police interrogation, among other evidence presented and trial, but has yet to reach a verdict as of noon on Thursday. Their central task is to decide whether Penny was justified to place Neely into a chokehold after witnesses said Neely was threatening passengers in the subway car.<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s unclear how the jury could rule, members have sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/crime\/daniel-penny-trial-possibly-hung-jury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">six different notes<\/a> to the judge requesting pieces of evidence since deliberations began on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1903538\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1903538\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Penny is sued by Jordan Neely&#8217;s father during jury talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2376701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24340573968491.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42466,45532,4585],"class_list":["post-2376700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-daniel-penny","tag-jordan-neely","tag-lawsuit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP24340573968491.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376700","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\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376700"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376704,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376700\/revisions\/2376704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2376701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}