Daniel Penny denies intending to choke Jordan Neely to death on NYC subway
FOX NewsAPR 2023
The Spin
Right narrative
Daniel Penny is being wrongfully prosecuted for exercising his right to self-defense and for trying to protect those around him, as Democrat district attorneys care more for the rights of the lawless than ordinary citizens. Jordan Neely would still be alive if failed, leftist policies did not allow him to roam free and terrorize the people of New York, given his history of violence. What happened was a tragedy but not a crime.
Left narrative
Making people uncomfortable on the subway isn't punishable by death. Poverty, mental illness, and race are too often criminalized in the US, and Penny's startling act of vigilantism is colored by America's long history of treating Black men as criminals. Neely was far from the "perfect victim," but it makes his death no less of an injustice. Neely is being smeared as a criminal when it is Penny himself who deserves that title.