In a recent interview released by his lawyers, former Marine and Good Samaritan, Daniel Penny spoke out for the first time to give his account of the incident that resulted in the death of Jordan Neely, a violent and mentally disturbed homeless man. But on Monday, ABC’s Good Morning America scoffed at the facts, backed up by police and witnesses, that Neely was threatening to kill women and children on the train that day. Instead, they painted Penny as the violent attacker.
“The former Marine is facing manslaughter charges for the chokehold death of a homeless man on the subway,” proclaimed liberal shill and co-host George Stephanopoulos before going to correspondent DeMarco Morgan for the details.
Morgan rhetorically scoffed at Penny’s account while painting him as attacking Neely out of nowhere:
And in the taped interview, Penny says he was not only concerned about his own life that day, but for the women and children who were on that train as well.
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This morning, former Marine Daniel Penny, charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely after holding him in a chokehold on this New York City subway, is speaking out for the first time about that fatal encounter.
“The three main threats that he repeated over and over was: ‘I’m going to kill you,’ ‘I’m prepared to go to jail for life,’ and ‘I am willing to die,’” Penny explained to the reasonable who would listen to him. “I was scared for myself, but I looked around and I saw women and children. He was yelling in their faces saying – saying these threats. I couldn’t just sit still.”
Despite the corroborating accounts of other witnesses, Morgan was skeptical. “Penny claims he was intimidated by Neely, who he says boarded the train and began yelling in passengers’ faces,” he said. Of course, he omitted Neely’s history of assaulting people on the subway.
“Video of the encounter shows Penny holding Neely in the chokehold on the floor of the subway until he stops moving,” Morgan added, omitting the fact that there was another man, who happened to be black, helping Penny restrain Neely.
Penny also dispelled the lies many in the liberal media and on the left had been spreading about him, including claims of racism:
Some people say I was holding onto Mr. Neely for 15 minutes. That is not true. I mean, between stops is only a couple of minutes. And so the whole interaction was less than 5 minutes. Some people say I was trying to choke him to death, which is also not true. I was trying to restrain him. I didn’t see a black man threatening passengers. I saw a man threatening passengers. A lot of whom were people of color.
Only as he neared the end of his report did Morgan admit that police confirm that “Neely was harassing other passengers and making threats.” But he immediately tried to blunt the truth by suggesting Neely was simply “a former street performer who often impersonated Michael Jackson" who "had a history of mental illness and homelessness.”
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ABC’s Good Morning America
June 12, 2023
8:32:18 a.m. EasternGEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: And now we’re going to get the latest on Daniel Penny. The former Marine is facing manslaughter charges for the chokehold death of a homeless man on the subway. He’s speaking out for the first time. DeMarco Morgan is here with the story. Good morning DeMarco.
DEMARCO MORGAN: Good morning, to you. He is breaking his silence. This latest video was released rather by Daniel Penny’s attorneys. And in the taped interview, Penny says he was not only concerned about his own life that day, but for the women and children who were on that train as well.
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This morning, former Marine Daniel Penny, charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely after holding him in a chokehold on this New York City subway, is speaking out for the first time about that fatal encounter.
DANIEL PENNY: The three main threats that he repeated over and over was: ‘I’m going to kill you,’ ‘I’m prepared to go to jail for life,’ and ‘I am willing to die.’
MORGAN: Penny claims he was intimidated by Neely, who he says boarded the train and began yelling in passengers’ faces.
PENNY: I was scared for myself, but I looked around and I saw women and children. He was yelling in their faces saying – saying these threats. I couldn’t just sit still.
MORGAN: Video of the encounter shows Penny holding Neely in the chokehold on the floor of the subway until he stops moving.
PENNY: Some people say I was holding onto Mr. Neely for 15 minutes. That is not true. I mean, between stops is only a couple of minutes. And so the whole interaction was less than 5 minutes. Some people say I was trying to choke him to death, which is also not true. I was trying to restrain him.
I didn’t see a black man threatening passengers. I saw a man threatening passengers. A lot of whom were people of color.
MORGAN: According to police, Neely was harassing other passengers and making threats but was not physically violent.
Neely, a former street performer who often impersonated Michael Jackson had a history of mental illness and homelessness.
The incident sparked protests around the city as his family and the Manhattan district attorney’s office called for Penny’s arrest.
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MORGAN: Now, Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter last month and released on bond. The case in now before a grand jury. And Jordan Neely’s attorneys have yet to comment.
