Alvin Bragg challenger Maud Maron says the Manhattan district attorney brought the Daniel Penny case going to trial is a “clear indication of his poor judgment.”
Daniel Penny was found not guilty of negligent homicide in the subway death of Jordan Neely on Monday morning. The 26-year-old Marine veteran grabbed Neely from behind in a chokehold after the 30-year-old schizophrenic homeless man, who had an active arrest warrant, stormed onto the train shouting death threats while high on synthetic marijuana.
“I think a lot of New Yorkers breathed a sigh of relief with this verdict because this was the case and it shouldn’t have happened,” Maron told The Story on Monday. “Actually, it shouldn’t have gone to a jury, because I think too many New Yorkers have been on the same kind of subway where someone is mentally ill, or on drugs, or both, and is behaving in a violent or threatening manner. I’ve been there. I know a lot of other New Yorkers have done that and stuff Daniel Penny just wasn’t criminal.”
DANIEL PENNY FOUND NOT GUILTY IN SUBWAY CHOKEHOLD TRIAL
Daniel Penny leaves court after being found not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely, Monday, December 9, 2024. Daniel Penny, along with his lawyers, hurriedly left court after the verdict was read. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Maron says it’s “tragic” that Jordan Neely died and that no one, including Daniel Penny, wanted him to die.
“It is very clear from the police who interviewed Daniel Penny and did not immediately press charges, from the eyewitnesses on the subway who said they felt threatened and were grateful he intervened, that common sense understands what is happening in the subway happened There was no crime that day, but it was a young man with no criminal record, who was in the service of this country, who really tried to do the right thing to protect people.”
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Daniel Penny arrives at the Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 in New York, NY. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
Manhattan DA candidate says it’s up to voters to remove Bragg from office.
“It is up to the voters of Manhattan to know that we need a different person in the DA’s office if we are going to achieve a different outcome,” she told Fox News. “We need safety, and we need to get rid of Alvin Bragg.”
Michael Ruiz, CB Cotton, Grace Taggart and Kristine Parks of Fox News contributed to this report.
