As the jury in the Daniel Penny case began their deliberations Tuesday in the second-degree manslaughter trial of the 26-year-old former Marine, a Saturday radio appearance by NYC’s Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is getting plenty of notice—because Hizzoner appeared to voice his direct support of the defendant.
It was a failure of the system, Adams said, and Penny did “what we should have done as a city”:
Saving everyone the clickrage. Eric Adams is on Daniel Penny's side. pic.twitter.com/PfVEIHl72U
— Jay (@OneFineJay) December 3, 2024
As we’ve reported, Penny said he was protecting passengers when a lunatic burst into the train and started wreaking havoc:
Imagine this: New Yorkers are riding the subway when a deranged man barges into the car and starts screaming that he’s going to kill people. He looks crazed, clearly on drugs—lots of them.
If you were riding that train, you might have thought you were about to die a violent death, and some of the passengers thought exactly that. A mother with her young son hid behind a stroller. A high school student prayed as the man yelled, “Someone is going to die today!” and lunged at commuters.
Enter a strapping Marine vet to take the psycho down. Which he does efficiently, effectively. He holds him until police (eventually) arrive, and keeps the other passengers out of danger. When he lets go of the assailant, the guy is still breathing.
His name is Daniel Penny and he’s an American hero, right?
The attacker, Jordan Neely, later died. To woke Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, that shows Penny was no hero—so he promptly charged him, and now he faces up to 15 years in prison. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
