{"id":2378480,"date":"2024-12-10T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alvin-bragg-responds-to-daniel-penny-acquittal-by-trying-to-play-victim\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T12:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:52:42","slug":"alvin-bragg-responds-to-daniel-penny-acquittal-by-trying-to-play-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alvin-bragg-responds-to-daniel-penny-acquittal-by-trying-to-play-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvin Bragg Responds to Daniel Penny Acquittal by Trying to Play Victim"},"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\">24<\/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%2Falvin-bragg-responds-to-daniel-penny-acquittal-by-trying-to-play-victim%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=2378480&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>The text discusses the controversial actions \u200dand\u200b statements of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, particularly in relation \u2062to his prosecution efforts against former President Donald Trump and the case involving \u2063Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran\u2063 who was acquitted for the death of Jordan Neely, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-police-shot-in-the-line-of-duty-so-far-this-year\/\" title=\"Meet The Police Shot In The Line Of Duty So Far This Year\">mentally disturbed man<\/a>. The author criticizes Bragg&#8217;s focus on prosecuting Trump and suggests that his fixation has lead him to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">pursue politically\u2064 motivated \u200ccases<\/a> without considerable evidence. The article describes Bragg as a &#8220;bureaucratic&#8221; figure whose attempts\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-y-attorney-generals-office-discovers-astroturf-lobbying-scheme\/\" title=\"N.Y. Attorney General\u2019s office discovers astroturf lobbying scheme\">sway public opinion<\/a> following\u200c Penny&#8217;s acquittal reflect a \u200cbroader trend of &#8220;lawfare&#8221; against political opponents. \u2064It highlights Bragg\u2019s remarks regarding threats \u200bfaced by \u200bhis office \u2064during the trial and portrays him as attempting to position himself as a victim, despite being seen as an aggressor in\u2064 legal matters. the piece conveys a critical view \u200bof Bragg&#8217;s professional\u200d conduct and the political motivations behind his actions.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Few men in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-alexander-squishy-republicans-want-trump-to-go-away\/\" title=\"Will Alexander: Squishy Republicans Want Trump to Go Away\">recent political history<\/a> are as contemptible Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>The first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-republicans-who-backed-black-candidate-may-have-racist-intent-liberal-columnist-argues\/\" title=\"Liberal columnist suggests Kentucky Republicans supporting black candidate may have racist motives.\">black man elected<\/a> to his prestigious position, Bragg is also known for a number of other things.<\/p>\n<p>Namely, he&rsquo;s perhaps best known for being the New York paper pusher who became vaingloriously obsessed &mdash; to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hypocrite-alvin-bragg-slammed-2-lawsuits-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own detriment<\/a> &mdash; with prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump on a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alvin-braggs-team-begs-judge-pile-even-punishment-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spurious<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-fetterman-dismisses-sunny-hostins-absurd-question-trump-way-democracy-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically motivated<\/a> charges.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, Bragg&rsquo;s Trump Derangement Syndrome is hardly the only hate-obsession he has these days.<\/p>\n<p>No, no, no, in having utterly failed at prosecuting Trump, Bragg appears to have placed all of his legal eggs into the basket of Jordan Neely, the mentally disturbed Michael Jackson impersonator who died after a physical encounter with Marine veteran Daniel Penny in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>While most sane Americans saw Penny&rsquo;s actions as heroic, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chaos-erupts-outside-courthouse-daniel-penny-acquittal-blm-leader-calls-black-vigilantes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vile race-baiters<\/a> who felt that Neely, a black man, was racially targeted by Penny.<\/p>\n<p>(Neely was threatening passengers on a New York City subway at the time of this incident.)<\/p>\n<p>The truth of the matter is that Penny <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-daniel-penny-speaks-celebrates-acquittal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is innocent<\/a> &mdash; as decided on by a jury of his peers &mdash; and that should really be the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, Bragg can&rsquo;t let it go.<\/p>\n<p>While the beleaguered DA has exhausted his legal options (though Penny is not out of the woods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/daniel-penny-sued-jury-deliberates-sum-exceeds-jurisdictional-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by any stretch<\/a>) to sway the jury, Bragg still has plenty of time to try and sway the public narrative surrounding Penny&rsquo;s case.<\/p>\n<p>And that shameful yarn-spinning was on full display when Bragg released a statement acknowledging judicial defeat.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the entire statement below, d by reporter Dan Rivoli:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New statement from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Daniel Penny acquittal<\/p>\n<p>Jurors&rsquo; lengthy deliberation underscored why this case was put in front of a jury of Mr. Penny&rsquo;s peers, Bragg says<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The jury has now spoken.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SAeSkAZjpm\">https:\/\/t.co\/SAeSkAZjpm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjxVdB0D1Y\">pic.twitter.com\/NjxVdB0D1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Rivoli (@danrivoli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danrivoli\/status\/1866171230572646561?\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As with every case, we followed the facts and the evidence from beginning to end,&rdquo; Bragg&rsquo;s statement read. &ldquo;A Grand Jury voted to indict, and the Office carefully presented this case to a trial jury.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Agree to disagree, Mr. Bragg, but so far, there&rsquo;s nothing particularly odoriferous with his statement.<\/p>\n<p>After arguing that the lengthy jury deliberations were actually proof positive for why this case was so important (again, agree to disagree), Bragg admitted: &ldquo;The jury has now spoken. At the Manhattan D.A.&rsquo;s Office we deeply respect the jury process and we respect their verdict.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, had Bragg simply ended this statement here, it&rsquo;d be much ado about nothing. The first half of this statement is a rather rote example of legalese.<\/p>\n<p>But Bragg couldn&rsquo;t help himself.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, over the duration of this trial, talented career prosecutors and their family members were besieged with hate and threats &mdash; on social media, by phone and over ,&rdquo; Bragg continued.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear: Threatening death upon public servants, or just other Americans for that matter, is a bad idea and <em>should&nbsp;<\/em>be condemned.<\/p>\n<p>To be clearer: Bragg is the last man on this planet who should be making this point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Simply put, this is unacceptable, and everyone, no matter your opinion on this case, should condemn it,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, boo hoo, Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;re really trying to paint&nbsp;<em>yourself&nbsp;<\/em>as the victim, when your despicable office is the one that gleefully participates in naked lawfare against American citizens and presidential candidates alike?<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;re the victim when you&rsquo;re the one spearheading court loss after court loss after court loss?<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;re the victim when you&rsquo;re the one using every dirty trick in the book to trump up &mdash; pun very much intended &mdash; nonsensical charges?<\/p>\n<p>Stop with that rhetoric, Bragg.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;re no victim. 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As the first black man elected to this esteemed role, Bragg is recognized for several reasons. Most notably, he has become infamously fixated\u2014much to his own detriment\u2014on prosecuting President-elect Donald Trump with various dubious, politically motivated charges. However, Bragg&#8217;s obsession with Trump isn&#8217;t his only fixation; after failing to successfully prosecute him, he seems to have shifted all his legal focus onto Jordan Neely, a mentally troubled Michael Jackson impersonator who died following an altercation with Marine veteran Daniel Penny in May 2023. While many rational Americans view Penny&#8217;s actions as heroic, some race-baiters argue that Neely was racially targeted by Penny during the incident on a New York City subway where Neely was threatening passengers. The reality is that a jury found Penny innocent, which should ideally conclude the matter. Yet Bragg continues to pursue public opinion regarding the case despite having exhausted legal avenues against Penny (who still faces challenges). His attempts at narrative control were evident when he released a statement acknowledging his judicial defeat while attempting to frame it differently. In this statement, he emphasized respect for the jury process but also lamented threats faced by prosecutors during the trial\u2014a point that feels hypocritical coming from someone whose office has engaged in aggressive legal tactics against citizens and political figures alike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2378481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alvin-Bragg.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6629,32117,42466,40347,19783],"class_list":["post-2378480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-acquittal","tag-alvin-bragg","tag-daniel-penny","tag-legal-response","tag-victimhood"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alvin-Bragg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378480","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378480"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378484,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378480\/revisions\/2378484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}