Given the recent social and political climate in New York City, if comic book superheroes existed and roamed the streets fighting crime, they’d probably be arrested for simply protecting and serving.
Former Marine Daniel Penny, 24, was charged on Friday with second-degree manslaughter for allegedly choking and killing Jordan Neely, 30, a former street performer with a long history of mental illness during a May 1 subway ride on an F train in Manhattan.
View video footage from the NY Post found HERE.
An online legal defense fund started by the attorneys representing Penny has raised over $2 million. As radical left city leaders like AOC and DA Alvin Bragg call Penny a murderer without proper context of the situation, a major “Daniel Penny” trend began on Twitter, calling it an unfair price to pay for Penny’s good deed.
Users and influencers alike, took to Twitter to share their support for Penny.
In a tweet posted today, recent PBD Podcast guest Tim Pool announced he would donate $20,000 to Daniel Penny’s Defense fund to support the “Good Samaritan” who was willing to do the right thing.
I just donated $20,000 to Daniel Penny's Defense fund
Penny is the Subway Good Samaritan and we are lucky to have brave souls like him who are willing to do the right thing
I will elaborate on my position in my morning segment at 10amhttps://t.co/bfty04IAjl
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) May 15, 2023
Further tweets shared in support of Daniel Penny’s defense:
If it's a Kyle Rittenhouse situation, that means Daniel Penny acted in self-defense. https://t.co/3wITSv00Js
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 15, 2023
Good thing Daniel Penny wasn't there, or he might have stopped the guy and then we could have prosecuted him https://t.co/JSOq8jtdey
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 15, 2023
Podcaster @Timcast donated the largest sum of money to the defense fund of Daniel Penny
$20,000
This is the largest personal donation I’ve seen on GiveSendGo in recent years
WOW pic.twitter.com/abxpN0HOoA
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) May 15, 2023
Another day in NYC. Police do nothing. "Social Services" does nothing.
Civilians have to deal with this every day, one moment away from a violent outburst from a psychopath with free reign.
And they wonder why Daniel Penny has raised $2 million.pic.twitter.com/fCkSrCW5Gk
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 14, 2023
The veteran was released on bail Friday after turning himself into the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. A statement released by Penny’s attorneys expressed condolences to those close to Neely. It stated that Penny “never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death.”
Sharing train carts with the homeless is nothing new in New York, however, when a homeless person or potential criminal does engage with a passenger in a rather aggressive manner, others manage to do nothing. This is why passengers thanked Penny for intervening in a scary situation with a man making death threats to passengers.
Click on the video below to watch the PBD Podcast with guest Tim Pool:
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