Alvin Bragg didn’t trust a grand jury to do his bidding in subway choke case
Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran who fatally subdued a deranged, threatening vagrant on the subway final week, was arraigned Friday on manslaughter costs in Felony Courtroom.
Anybody who anticipated otherwise in DA Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan hasn’t been paying consideration.
Penny had put Jordan Neely, a profession legal who was terrorizing the F Practice Could 1, right into a chokehold; Neely subsequently died — and thus the fees.
In much less weird instances — that’s, earlier than America misplaced its bearings on issues of crime, criminals, and easy justice itself — the case wouldn’t be sophisticated: A vagrant was menacing subway passengers, a straphanger reacted, the vagrant died — and a grand jury may very well be trusted to do the precise factor.
However these days are historical past.
Whereas true justice calls for context, that doesn’t appear to matter to Bragg — nor to these activists decided to outline every little thing in racial phrases.
Penny is white; Neely was black.
That’s all of the activists wanted.
Bragg, in the meantime, is an unapologetic advocate of the George Soros method to prosecution.
That’s, he introduced early on that he meant to do as little of it as he might get away with; black New Yorkers are inequitably affected by vigorous regulation enforcement, so the much less of it, the higher.
And fewer of it town bought — with convictions tanking and decreased costs skyrocketing within the months after Bragg took workplace.
By no means thoughts that black New Yorkers disproportionately commit violent crimes — or that additionally they are disproportionately its victims.
Or that the Bragg-Soros method just about leaves the law-abiding on their very own to take care of it.
However Bragg is fast as a wink to focus on New Yorkers who defend themselves in opposition to violence or attempt to.
Bear in mind Jose Alba, the bodega clerk charged with homicide for fatally stabbing an ex-con who was assaulting him within the grocery?
What we find out about NYC subway choking sufferer Jordan Neely
Who was Neely?
Jordan Neely, 30, a homeless man, was strangled aboard a northbound F prepare simply earlier than 2:30 p.m. Could 1, in keeping with police.
He reportedly began performing erratically on the prepare and harassing different passengers earlier than being restrained and finally choked by a straphanger, recognized as Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old Marine from Queens.
Penny, who was seen on video making use of the chokehold, was taken into custody and later launched. He was charged ultimately charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Why is there fallout over Neely’s loss of life?
The town medical expert dominated Neely’s loss of life a murder, noting he died as a consequence of “compression of neck (chokehold).”
Neely’s aunt informed The Submit that he grew to become a “full mess” following the brutal homicide of his mom in 2007. She famous he was schizophrenic and suffered from PTSD and melancholy.
“The entire system simply failed him. He fell via the cracks of the system,” Carolyn Neely stated.
Who’s Penny?
24-year-old Marine Daniel Penny served as an infantry squad chief and an teacher in water survival whereas within the Marines Corps from 2017 to 2021, in keeping with his on-line resume. Penny graduated from highschool in West Islip, NY.
Police officers have stated Penny continues to be on energetic responsibility and in good standing with the Marine Corps.
He surrendered to authorities 11 days after he positioned Neely in a deadly chokehold on an F prepare.
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The blowback from that arrest precipitated Bragg & Co. rapidly to dismiss the case — however his message was fairly clear: When profession criminals assault, bow your head and take it lest the hammer falls on you.
And now Bragg has positioned Daniel Penny within the dock.
Does the Marine vet belong there?
Nobody disputes that Neely was aggressively threatening straphangers. A witness stated he yelled, “I might kill a motherf—er, I don’t care. I’ll take a bullet. I’m going to jail.” Uncountable numbers of New Yorkers have been in such circumstances — and absolutely they relate.
It doesn’t occur day by day.
Nevertheless it occurs usually sufficient, and Alvin Bragg doesn’t pay practically sufficient consideration to it.
So what occurs when a district lawyer turns his again on violent predation?
Jordan Neely occurs — usually sufficient in order that cheap folks enter the subway system questioning when will probably be their flip.
And questioning additional whether or not Alvin Bragg will go after them in the event that they dare to struggle again.
Justice? Under no circumstances.
bob@bobmcmanus.nyc
