As NBC News reports, Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran now infamous for having choked to death a Black man who was allegedly threatening passengers on a New York City train in 2023, is getting the A-list treatment from President-elect Donald Trump and sidekick J.D. Vance after his acquittal on negligent homicide charges this week:
Daniel Penny, the man who was found not guilty in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, will be the personal guest of Vice President-elect JD Vance at the Army-Navy game on Saturday.
Vance and Penny will watch the game from Trump’s suite at the Washington Commanders Stadium in Landover, Maryland, at 3 p.m. ET.
“Daniel’s a good guy, and New York’s mob district attorney tried to ruin his life for having a backbone,” Vance wrote in a post on X.”I’m grateful he accepted my invitation and hope he’s able to have fun and appreciate how much his fellow citizens admire his courage.”
We recognize that opinions of this case are not unanimous and do not divide cleanly along partisan lines, and it’s not our intention to second-guess the jury’s verdict. What we can say is that the defendant Penny believed what he did was necessary for his immediate self-defense and the defense of his fellow passengers, and the jury agreed.
But Colorado’s foremost congressional controversy-seeking missile, Rep. Lauren Boebert, sees something bigger:
It seems unlikely that Rep. Boebert believes “we fight back against the woke mob” by attending this weekend’s Army-Navy game. What Rep. Boebert appears to be saying is that the way to “fight back against the woke mob” is to…choke them to death. That’s an assignment we can only hope Daniel Penny would decline, since it reaches well beyond the scope of his defense of fellow subway passengers.
Lauren Boebert is of course no stranger to rhetorical excess, which is in no small part responsible for her meteoric rise. In a national political environment increasingly defined by such excess, even calls for violence from sitting members of Congress get lost in the din.
But here is another one for the record.
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Choke 'em out like Jayson…
She's not a good role model.
Maybe while President Biden is sending out pardons he should toss one Ryan Wesley Routh's as a way to fight back against MAGA.
As long as it is a white man killing a random black man, everything is OK. Switch the colors and they would be calling for the death penalty
Did Penny accept?
YES HE DID. Political FAIL. However the lefts attack against him as a racist murderer may have influenced that.
Having lived in Forrest Hills ,NY rode the subway everywhere including getting to flights in my AA uniform, it is without reservation I can say I would have done the same thing as Penny.
The out of control nuts on the subway generally are ignored but when someone does what the perpetrator announced he would have been restrained at least, most likely knocked out by the Jewish Russian thugs sitting next to me.
Penny did the right thing with someone threatening and jacked up on drugs. Let them up and they go off worse.
Penny is a marine so moderating his chokehold while having the sick perp on top of him is not recommended
Yes I’m a veteran too but that’s not at play here
I saw Penny on Fox but not holding that against him
I am holding it against him in the luxo box with Trump.
He hangs out with the Nazis at the game then he’s got poor political judgement He’s a f’n marine so there’s that lack of intelligence showing
He did the right thing in the moment
He’s not a representation of MAGA.
Penny did not do the right thing and he's absolutey a representation of MAGA thinking. Why de-escalate a situation when you can murder them instead? If "doing the right thing" means killing someone if they seem threatening then there's plenty of January 6 attackers that should've been choked out.
What an absolutely bad take.
He used lethal force when it was not required. That is not the "right thing in the moment." If you think that, then you have a warped view of what a civilized society is.
You didn't read me well enough. How many of respondents have ridden the NYC subway DAILY?
How many of respondents have been trained as a USMC ?
How many have ever been trained in lethal force and used it in combat?
If not you opine from a position of ignorance, right minded but wrong nontheless.
This is why MAGA pulled veterans into their fold because of liberal commentary that would never be made if either of you had served IN US MILITARY.
Im liberal but served in combat. Lived in NYC rode subway daily. In airline uniform which makes you a target. Went threw NY PORT AUTHORITY AT NIGHT. Dangerous but had no choice when I was a poor flight engineer in late 80's
Appreciate the follow ups but you both are off base
I read you just fine. You're right that I've never been on the NYC subway. Although I'm under the impression that thousands of people ride it daily without getting dead. I bet there's even Marine Corps veterans who ride it daily who manage not to kill anyone, even the "sick perps" high on drugs. I feel for you that it scared you so much.
Even after 20 years I can recall my Marine Corps hand-to-hand combat training. I know the easiest way to break a wrist. I know to gouge out someones eyes to get out of a headlock and I was trained that when I have someone prone on the ground that I should drive the heel of my combat boot into their head to finish them off. I spent months shouting "KILL!" as a way to show enthusiasm.
Despite your ignorant fucking portrayal of Marines are stupid jarheads who just can't help but kill people I've managed become a woke fucking liberal who has never killed anyone with my training and there's plenty of us who refuse to bow to Trump and his MAGA morons.
Get off your ignorant high-horse. Thanks for your service.
Thanks for your service too, however you just confirmed the USMC mindset that as a USN CSAR swimmer in combat I dealt with. Love you Marines but smarts is not a critical factor in recruitment as indicated by that post. 100% disabled here from combat when did you serve? I buy the first beer! LOL
Ah yes, you know all and see all. My brother has lived in Forest Hills for more than 30 years. I know the area. I know the subway you know. I've ridden it many times and have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. I never served in combat, so you have that on me. But the NY subway is not a combat zone and the laws of the state of NY govern it. And I know a whole helluva lot more about the criminal justice system than you will ever know, having practiced for more than 30 years in it. The charges were legitimate. The evidence was there. And the jury did its job but did not convict. I don't have a problem with the acquittal. Does that make Penny's actions right? Absolutely not.
Rule of law there 30 year Squire