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   On Wednesday, a Manhattan judge denied a motion to dismiss several   
   indictments filed against Marine Daniel Penny in relation to the   
   death of an erratic ex-convict.   
      
   The incident in question occurred on May 21, when Jordan Neely — who   
   had been arrested 44 times for “criminal conduct” and, at the time,   
   “had an outstanding warrant for felony assault” — began threatening   
   and getting violent with NYC subway passengers. During the episode,   
   Neely allegedly kept repeating the phrases, “I’m going to kill you,”   
   “I’m prepared to go to jail for life,” and “I’m willing to die.”   
      
   In response, Penny and two of his fellow passengers attempted to   
   restrain Neely, which involved the former placing the latter in a   
   headlock. Neely ultimately died during the encounter, with NYC’s   
   medical examiner ruling the death a homicide.   
      
   Penny — who is currently free on $100,000 bail — was indicted by a   
   grand jury in June “on one count each of criminally negligent   
   homicide and second-degree manslaughter.” If convicted, the former   
   Marine could face up to 19 years in prison, according to the New   
   York Post.   
      
   In his Wednesday ruling, Judge Maxwell Wiley reportedly denied   
   Penny’s motion to dismiss the manslaughter case “because of alleged   
   issues with prosecutors’ instructions to the grand jury and claims   
   that the medical examiner didn’t establish that Penny’s actions   
   killed Neely.” According to the Post, Wiley claimed Neely’s death   
   certificate and testimony from the case’s medical examiner provided   
   enough corroboration to “establish that defendant’s actions caused   
   the death of Neely.”   
      
   Penny’s next court hearing is scheduled for March 20.   
      
   Unequal Application of the Law   
   Whereas Penny‘s ongoing prosecution and the criminalization of   
   defending oneself and others against a threatening agitator is   
   egregious, what’s particularly offensive is city residents’ unequal   
   application of a single standard of justice for individuals who   
   partake in similar acts of alleged misconduct.   
      
   Similar to Penny, Queens resident Jordan Williams — who is black —   
   was charged by a Brooklyn prosecutor in June for his role in the   
   death of an ex-convict on a Brooklyn subway. Video footage of the   
   incident reportedly showed ex-con Devictor Ouedraogo “choking   
   Williams and slugging his girlfriend,” actions which resulted in   
   Williams stabbing Ouedraogo and the latter’s death.   
      
   This led prosecutors to charge Williams with “manslaughter and   
   criminal possession of a weapon.”   
      
   Unlike Penny, however, prosecutors’ request that Williams be placed   
   on a $100,000 cash bail was denied by a local judge. Less than a   
   month later, a grand jury dismissed Williams’ charges altogether.   
      
   Neither Penny nor Williams should have been charged in the first   
   place. Both men were clearly defending themselves and others against   
   threatening, violent agitators. But NYC residents’ decision to   
   indict Penny and not Williams is further emblematic of Democrats’   
   hierarchical worldview.   
      
   The American left doesn’t believe in a single standard of justice.   
   Rather, it supports and actively fosters a system that levies   
   punishment based on one’s political affiliation or identitarian   
   features such as race or sexual orientation — not the merits of the   
   case. It’s through this distorted worldview that NYC Democrats   
   believe that Williams — who is black and therefore “oppressed” —   
   should go unpunished while Penny — who is white, therefore   
   privileged and an “oppressor” — should have the book thrown at him.   
      
   For Democrats, the facts of a case don’t matter. All that matters is   
   whether the person on trial is wearing their team’s jersey.   
   Everything else is secondary.   
      
   https://thefederalist.com/2024/01/18/daniel-pennys-fight-to-be-   
   free-illustrates-leftists-hierarchical-two-tiered-justice-system/   
      
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