Man Who Killed Jordan Neely Speaks Out, Says Death ‘Had Nothing To Do With Race’

24-year-old Daniel Penny, who’s been charged within the demise of Jordan Neely, is talking out for the primary time because the deadly chokehold on a New York practice … claiming what he did to Neely had nothing to do with the colour of his pores and skin.

Penny instructed New York Put up Saturday that he is under no circumstances a white supremacist and that he is only a regular man that judges folks “primarily based on their character” … this coming after waves of individuals declare his use of a chokehold on Neely was racially motivated.

He says the slander he is been getting is “comical,” including “I like all cultures. You possibly can inform by my previous and all my travels and adventures all over the world. I used to be truly planning a highway journey by means of Africa earlier than this occurred.”

Penny says he was coming again to Manhattan from college when the incident occurred, and  believes the footage displaying what led as much as the 30-year-old’s demise will show Neely was the one bringing “terror” to the practice — noting, “I don’t assume it’s going to even be controversial.”