Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway

I've not seen it reported where this dude was throwing things at passengers, only that he threw his coat on the ground. Anyone have a link to these eye-witness accounts?
 
I've not seen it reported where this dude was throwing things at passengers, only that he threw his coat on the ground. Anyone have a link to these eye-witness accounts?
I would expect that every second of this event will be on video. Public transport (stations, buses, trains) have extensive video systems. In Cleveland, buses and trains have "all angles" videos as well as audio. Any crime on an RTA bus or train or train platform in Cleveland...all on video...with audio.
 
No, it really isn't. New York City murders...

2017 292 (the historic low going back to 1951)
2018 295
2019 319
2020 468
2021 488
2022 438




1990 2245
It’s not just murders, it’s violent crime and general menacing
 
I've not seen it reported where this dude was throwing things at passengers, only that he threw his coat on the ground. Anyone have a link to these eye-witness accounts?
You’re ignoring him threatening the entire train
 
It’s not just murders, it’s violent crime and general menacing
OK...I think you're way off. However, I'm open to looking at some data. What do you got that backs up...

"It’s so much worse now than it’s ever been."
 
Oyez, oyez, Zunardo's Court of the Assizes is now in session.

Let's keep things simple here.

Absent any evidence to the contrary, Daniel Penny willingly approached Neely and put him in a chokehold long enough to cause his death. Absent any evidence to the contrary, Penny did not intend to kill Neely, but nevertheless caused his death through his direct action.

Therefore, charge Penny with involuntary manslaughter and get him to plead. Justice is served, and our docket is clear.

I almost feel like Lt. (JG) Daniel Kaffee here.
 
This latest NYC subway incident is just another glaring example of why you don’t live in cities.
Most big cities in the US let lawlessness rein.
No law enforcement of vagrancy
No law enforcement of open drug use.
No law enforcement of public indecency
These are laws in the books, however police are now hesitant to enforce these laws out of fear they themselves will be prosecuted.
New York City is turning into Gotham and there is no Arkham Asylum
Stay out of these places..
 
Oyez, oyez, Zunardo's Court of the Assizes is now in session.

Let's keep things simple here.

Absent any evidence to the contrary, Daniel Penny willingly approached Neely and put him in a chokehold long enough to cause his death. Absent any evidence to the contrary, Penny did not intend to kill Neely, but nevertheless caused his death through his direct action.

Therefore, charge Penny with involuntary manslaughter and get him to plead. Justice is served, and our docket is clear.

I almost feel like Lt. (JG) Daniel Kaffee here.
I think you’re in the right church Zunardo. Might even be in the right pew.
 
Oyez, oyez, Zunardo's Court of the Assizes is now in session.

Let's keep things simple here.

Absent any evidence to the contrary, Daniel Penny willingly approached Neely and put him in a chokehold long enough to cause his death. Absent any evidence to the contrary, Penny did not intend to kill Neely, but nevertheless caused his death through his direct action.

Therefore, charge Penny with involuntary manslaughter and get him to plead. Justice is served, and our docket is clear.

I almost feel like Lt. (JG) Daniel Kaffee here.
Your plan, while imminently logical, does not serve the narrative. Further, it will fail to provide the required level of distraction.

Bragg also needs a white scalp to display after he fails with his "get Trump!!" Boris & Natasha impersonation. Terrible timing for Citizen Daniel Penny.

But I am smarter today because of Zunardo!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assizes
 
You’re ignoring him threatening the entire train
The context of this discussion with LOTR was specifically around allegations of him assaulting other passengers.

Feeling threatened is a subjective experience that's different for everyone. And that shapes your reaction, or lackthereof. You might feel threatened by a dude ranting about not having anything to drink or eat, and his willingness to die or go to jail. Some might roll their eyes, get up, and move to another train. Some might look for security. Or some might sit tight, and see it if escalates to a point where he needs restrained, protect vulnerable passengers, etc. This dude chose to intervene and choke the dude out for like 15 minutes. I'm happy to let this play out and see where the facts land.
 
OK...I think you're way off. However, I'm open to looking at some data. What do you got that backs up...

"It’s so much worse now than it’s ever been."
That’s what the people in the sub reddits are saying
 
The context of this discussion with LOTR was specifically around allegations of him assaulting other passengers.

Feeling threatened is a subjective experience that's different for everyone. And that shapes your reaction, or lackthereof. You might feel threatened by a dude ranting about not having anything to drink or eat, and his willingness to die or go to jail. Some might roll their eyes, get up, and move to another train. Some might look for security. Or some might sit tight, and see it if escalates to a point where he needs restrained, protect vulnerable passengers, etc. This dude chose to intervene and choke the dude out for like 15 minutes. I'm happy to let this play out and see where the facts land.
No, if he actually was trying to choke him out, he would have choked him out in a minute. 24 yo Green Beret. Get real, and punch yourself.

He was trying to restrain a loon. A loon that should have been in jail for unprovokedly punching a 67 yo woman in the face and sending her to the hospital, but the a-hole that will prosecute Penny freed the loon that died at Penny's hand, and unleashed him on the public once again - for the 40th time.

You're being Marxism's bitch. You should stop it, sherm.
 
OK...I think you're way off. However, I'm open to looking at some data. What do you got that backs up...

"It’s so much worse now than it’s ever been."
There is no data that you will accept, because the other big blue idiots in your Confederacy of Dunces often won't even properly charge, much less prosecute.

You are a disingenuous turd-burglar at heart. You enjoy the practice of deceit, don't you ?
 
There is no data that you will accept, because the other big blue idiots in your Confederacy of Dunces often won't even properly charge, much less prosecute.

You are a disingenuous turd-burglar at heart. You enjoy the practice of deceit, don't you ?
Well, he is a lawyer, after all...
 
The context of this discussion with LOTR was specifically around allegations of him assaulting other passengers.

Feeling threatened is a subjective experience that's different for everyone. And that shapes your reaction, or lackthereof. You might feel threatened by a dude ranting about not having anything to drink or eat, and his willingness to die or go to jail. Some might roll their eyes, get up, and move to another train. Some might look for security. Or some might sit tight, and see it if escalates to a point where he needs restrained, protect vulnerable passengers, etc. This dude chose to intervene and choke the dude out for like 15 minutes. I'm happy to let this play out and see where the facts land.
This guy was known to be unhinged, so I wouldn’t take him flying off the handle lightly.
 
Law…

You can’t cause injury or kill someone without a legal excuse...sounds stupidly simple. But you start there. So, what is the legal excuse?

What I’ve read about this…sounds like the deceased is acting in a way that would bother people, and frighten people as to what he MIGHT do. What DID he do? Sounds like not a whole lot. Self defense is THE legal excuse that must be considered. Doesn’t look like self defense to me…of himself or others.

Intent of the Marine? Seems like he doesn’t intend to kill…maybe not even injure. But someone’s dead.

Looks like a manslaughter charge to me.
at some point , with what has been going on in those subway cars, with people being attacked, and in some cases murdered( 27 in the last couple of years) you would think, that at some point , because it seems people are on their own ... you have to have a sense of, I'll do whatever it takes to protect myself and other people..... instead of just grabbing your phone and videoing people getting the SHAT kicked out of them!!!!
 
This guy was known to be unhinged, so I wouldn’t take him flying off the handle lightly.
Face recog would likely put the two men on the train together multiple times, and therefore a known quantity to Penny. The loon should still be alive. The world is probably better without him in it.

Involuntary manslaughter is obvious. Details should guide sentencing for the likely conviction, if properly charged.

That said, if AOC et al can get enough traction, Bragg may even over-charge in hopes of a publicly inflammatory defeat and predictable headlines of said planned over-reach. This is creating an intentional national drama, being played out on a stage with local control.
 
Oyez, oyez, Zunardo's Court of the Assizes is now in session.

Let's keep things simple here.

Absent any evidence to the contrary, Daniel Penny willingly approached Neely and put him in a chokehold long enough to cause his death. Absent any evidence to the contrary, Penny did not intend to kill Neely, but nevertheless caused his death through his direct action.

Therefore, charge Penny with involuntary manslaughter and get him to plead. Justice is served, and our docket is clear.

I almost feel like Lt. (JG) Daniel Kaffee here.
I disagree. Penny should not be charged with a crime because in a just society he did not commit a crime. He was carrying out the act of a good Samaritan. It's unfortunate that Neely died as a result of Penny's actions but Neely's death was a direct result of his threatening actions.

In a society that bends over backwards to protect the rights of criminals, and I believe it is correct to do so, there is a need for the occasional acts of citizen Samaritans who intercede to protect those unable to protect themselves. This is one such case.

BTW and IMO this is relevant Neely did present a clear and present danger to Penny and all the others on that subway care:


Neely was wanted for punching a 67 lady in the face and sending her to the hospital. Chew on that for a moment.
 
There is no data that you will accept, because the other big blue idiots in your Confederacy of Dunces often won't even properly charge, much less prosecute.

You are a disingenuous turd-burglar at heart. You enjoy the practice of deceit, don't you ?
one of the reasons this turd-burglar always references murder stats is that they tend to be reliable.

As for stats I would accept…try me. Conservative sources for urban crime data…overwhelm me. Of course, one of my criticisms of righty media and their “horrific crime of the day“ reporting is that data and context tends to lessen the horror…remember all of those stories about the dramatic reduction in crime on Fox between 1990 and 2018? No, I don’t remember them either.
 
1. The street guy is dead.

2. The Marine killed him; i.e., used deadly force.

3. Law enforcement (police, prosecutors, Grand Jury) of this "community" will decide whether or not to charge the Marine with a crime. Put another way, law enforcement of this community will decide whether or not there was a legal excuse for the Marine to use deadly force on this street guy.

4. If law enforcement decides to charge the Marine with some sort of offense (murder/manslaughter, etc.), a jury of local citizens (people who LIVE in that community) will decide whether or not to convict the Marine. Was there a legal excuse to kill the street guy? If self defense, was the use of deadly force REASONABLE? If a "citizen's arrest" type scenario, was deadly force appropriate due to a REASONABLE belief that deadly force was going to be exerted by the street guy? What is REASONABLE will be decided by the citizens of the borough of Manhattan...urban residents, subway riders, street people encounterers...

Platitudes and speculation from outsiders won't decide this case. The citizens of the borough of Manhattan, who live there, who experience urban living on the subway, on the streets of Manhattan...they will decide what is reasonable. Fair, no? Would be fair in Hamilton County, Cuyahoga County, Holmes County.
Gee thanks for the 5th grade civics lesson. To bad it no longer applies to much of the United States. All across America Prosecutors and judges are twisting the law in favor of criminals. Kim Gardner comes to mind as just the latest example:


American justice has become much to selective as your fate will be decided by the ideology of the local law enforcement and Judicial system.
 
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