The lawyer representing Daniel Penny voiced his frustration after New York City prosecutors said they will not seek charges for a man who they said acted in “self-defense” when he allegedly shot an aggressive subway rider earlier this week.
Thomas Kenniff told Fox News host Jesse Waters on Friday that he was “happy” to see that Younece Obuad, the man identified as the subway shooter, was not charged for defending himself from 36-year-old Dajuan Robinson. Penny’s lawyer, however, added that it’s “absolutely frustrating” to see his client charged while Penny was also acting to defend himself and others on the subway.
Penny, a Marine veteran, was arrested and charged last year with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after he restrained Jordan Neely, a homeless man who was allegedly threatening passengers on a subway car. Neely died following the…
