In an interview with the New York Post, Penny said he was 'deeply saddened' by Jordan Neely's death.
The legal defense fund for Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran charged with second-degree manslaughter in the subway death of Jordan Neely, has raised nearly $2 million. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the story.in a fatal chokehold earlier in May, has broken his silence about the incident.published Saturday, Penny said that he was "deeply saddened" by Neely's death.
Penny, who was criminally charged over the incident, refuted any claims that he was racist for restraining Neely, a Black man. The Marine veteran flatly said that the incident "had nothing to do with race."US Marine veteran Daniel Penny is walked out of the New York Police Department 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, May 12, 2023
"You can tell by my past and all my travels and adventures around the world. I was actually planning a road trip through Africa before this happened," Penny added. Passengers have said that Neely was yelling and acting erratically when Penny intervened by putting him in a chokehold. Penny's lawyers have argued that the Marine veteran was trying to defend himself and passengers by restraining Neely.Authorities are still determining to what extent Neely was threatening the train's passengers.
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