Daniel Penny Acquitted & Suspected CEO Assassin | 12.10.24
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What was the verdict in the Daniel Penny trial?
A New York jury has found Marine veteran Daniel Penny not guilty.
It's 18 months of weight on everybody's shoulders. Most importantly, Danny is walking around with the weight of this indictment on him, knowing that he's been falsely accused for doing the right thing.
We break down reactions both inside and outside the courtroom.
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A Manhattan jury on Monday found 26-year-old Marine veteran Daniel Penny not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely.
What reactions occurred inside the courtroom after the verdict?
Here to discuss is Daily Wire reporter Amanda Prestigiacomo. Hey, Amanda. So we finally have a verdict in this case. It took five days of deliberations. Tell us about the acquittal and the reaction inside the courtroom.
Right, so the jury deliberated for about an hour on Monday before they rendered a not guilty verdict on the charge of criminally negligent homicide. As we covered yesterday, Judge Maxwell Wiley, rather controversially, agreed with the prosecution's request to dismiss the state's top charge of manslaughter, too. That carried up to 15 years behind bars. When the verdict was read yesterday, applause erupted on Penny's side. Penny, who showed very little emotion throughout the trial, reportedly locked eyes with members of the jury and nodded to them with a smile on his face. A lot of relief on that side, especially from Penny's attorneys. Now, others in the courtroom, though, audibly sobbed and yelled threats over the not guilty verdict.
Neely's father, Andre Zachary, glared at someone who applauded the verdict and said, quote, are you trying to effing get killed? And Hawk Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, he said while looking at Penny, it's a small world, buddy, seemingly threatening him. Neely's father and several Black Lives Matter leaders were escorted out of the courtroom after their outbursts.
Some disturbing behavior there. Now, throughout the trial, there were protesters outside the courthouse, and yesterday was no exception. They were there at the start of the day and made waves after the verdict was rendered. Tell us about that.
Right. There were about two dozen or so racially focused protesters outside the courthouse on Monday, and they chanted things like, say his name, murderer, and subway strangler, which were reportedly audible inside the courtroom. So, you know, potentially the jury heard that. But things became even more volatile after the verdict was rendered. Hawk Newsome, who led daily protests outside the courthouse, urged for what he called black vigilante violence.
People want to jump up and choke us and kill us for being loud. How about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us?
Newsom said last week that anyone who believes Penny is innocent is a racist.
Alarming rhetoric, to say the least. And what have we heard from the man who brought these charges against Penny, District Attorney Alvin Bragg?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What was the verdict in the Daniel Penny trial?
0:03–1:51
2
What reactions occurred inside the courtroom after the verdict?
1:51–4:09
3
What protests took place outside the courthouse?
4:09–6:19
4
What are the implications of the civil lawsuit against Daniel Penny?
6:19–8:40
5
What allegations have emerged against Jay-Z and P. Diddy?
8:40–15:17
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