On a gray and blustery morning in downtown Manhattan, Daniel Penny has been found not guilty. The verdict was announced at 11:30 am for the lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.
Two groups gathered outside the court house prior to the verdict: protesters holding "Danny Penny the Subway Strangler" signs, and a group of men supporting the Marine veteran, holding "Free Penny" and similar signs.
When protesters began to encroach on and threaten the pro-Penny group, police decided to use metal crowd control gates to create and occupy space between the groups. Once the verdict was announced, the pro-Penny group packed up and departed the scene, while the protesters began to chant, "No justice, no peace".
And so closes a chapter of the Penny saga--the criminal chapter. As for the civil suit brought by the late Jordan Neely's parents against Penny, it remains to be seen if the case will proceed, and if today's unanimous verdict will steer their decision.
A growing consensus on social media have pointed to the case as indicative of a larger American sentiment. In the 30 year-long long shadow of the OJ Simpson case, and more recently the George Floyd-Derek Chauvin case, the prevailing narrative has been white oppression, black victimhood.
Perhaps that changed today. Perhaps the epithets hurled by the BLM protesters today, such as "racist", "KKK", "white privilege", and even "Go back to Europe", have turned hollow from overuse.
a predominantly female jury in one of the most left wing cities in the United States just shut down a proxy race war with a resounding “go fuck yourself” to the activist DA.
— pagliacci the hated 🌝 (@Slatzism) December 9, 2024
yeah. I’m thinking the vibe has officially shifted. https://t.co/Gakj1ukEea
For "restorative justice" ADA Dafna Yoran and her boss Alvin Bragg, today stands as a sharp rebuke of Marxist ideology in the halls of justice.
