Daniel Perry Indicted for Protecting Women and Children from Violent Lunatic That Alvin Bragg Left Free to Threaten Civilians

Defund New York. Not another penny of federal money.

I want all of the 9/11 spending cancelled. You know that scam is still going on.

Former Marine Daniel Penny has been indicted on a charge of second-degree manslaughter in the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely last month, sources told The Post.

A grand jury sitting in Manhattan reached its decision Wednesday, weeks after Neely's death sparked a national firestorm over Penny's actions and scrutiny over a mental health system that failed the tragic victim.

The 24-year-old, who is free on $100,000 bail, first surrendered himself to cops on May 12 -- nearly two weeks after he laced his arms around the disturbed homeless man's neck during a chaotic confrontation on an F train in Manhattan.

Penny's lawyers have said their client acted in self-defense -- Neely was allegedly yelling, screaming, and threatening other passengers, according to eyewitnesses.

In a series of videos released Sunday, Penny said he wasn't trying to kill Neely when he grabbed him.

But he couldn't sit still while Neely ranted.

"There's a common misconception that Marines don't get scared. We're actually taught one of our core values is courage, and courage is not the absence of fear but how you handle fear," he said.

"I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn't sit still."

But the caught-on-camera confrontation quickly went south. Neely struggled, but passed out and died.

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Neely had a lengthy history of mental illness -- and scores of run-ins with New York's Finest.

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"I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn't sit still," Penny said.
"I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn't sit still," Penny said.

During a fiery eulogy last month, the Rev. Al Sharpton told a packed church that "when they choked Jordan, they put their arms around all of us."

Boy I'd sure like to put my arms around you, "Rev."

Libby Emmons @libbyemmons

This is what happens when you try to save people's lives on uptown F trains in Manhattan.

Get out of the cities.

posted by Ace at 05:36 PM

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