Let’s start with what we know.
On Monday, on the New York City subway, a man was acting erratically, according witnesses. He was making threats and making people feel uncomfortable. The exact wording of those threats are unclear at this time.
Not that this should manner, but when analyzing District Attorney Alvin Brag’s decision, it should be noted that the “victim” was black and the “assailant” was white.
The vigilante locked the threatening man into a chokehold. He kept him in the position so long, that the guy was dead on arrival by the time the cops got there.
The man who died had been arrested a whopping 40 previous times. Whether you not you think the action is right or wrong, it’s hard to imagine anyone missing the guy who passed.
A witness told WNBC that the chokehold last a handful of minutes. “The man got on the subway car and said an aggressive speech, he said he was hungry, thirsty, and said he didn’t care about going to jail, didn’t care if he got a life sentence.” The man said he was feared the victim could be armed.
Protestors stormed the NYC subway station where it happened, demanding the chokeholder’s arrest.
Surprise, surprise, DA Bragg heeded their calls, and has now charged the man with homicide.
The man charged has yet to be identified, but he was formerly a marine. Liberal activists on Twitter in NYC are out for blood, trying to uncover the identity of the man charged:
Somebody must know the name of the killer of Jordan Neely.
Come forward.
Name the White Ex-Marine who murdered Jordan Neely in cold blood. pic.twitter.com/Ts6FsCCJTi
— all-incomplete (@All__Incomplete) May 3, 2023
In the last year, subway crimes in the city have jumped a massive 30%. Many New Yorkers don’t feel safe. They also live under a district attorney who is hesitant to prosecute intentionally violent criminals, but all too gleeful to practice those trying to defend themselves or others against violence. Seems a tad topsy turvy.
The last big incident was in 1984 when Bernie Goetz, a white man, shot four black men who were operating power tools and threatening him with them. Goetz pulled a gun from his jacket and fired at all of them. All survived, but one of the victims was permanently paralyzed. Goetz was charged with attempted murder and a number of other charges, most of which the jury found him not guilty of. He did receive a minor charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm. Goetz did, however, lose a civil lawsuit of 43 million dollars.
Goetz became somewhat of a hero to certain New Yorkers amidst a decade that saw unprecedented crime, much worse than today actually.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens with the marine. The victim did not directly threaten to kill anyone. He did not aim a weapon at anyone or attack anyone. But he was making vague threats and stating that it was possible that in that moment, he could do something so heinous that it could land him in jail for life, and he didn’t care.
Sounds pretty scary if you ask me.
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