After spending many hours going over the evidence, twelve New York jurors just unanimously decided that Daniel Penny was not guilty of a crime. Today the NY Times published a story about the verdict headlined “In Penny Verdict, a Flashpoint in the Debate Over Crime and Mental Illness.” The word flashpoint is supposed to suggest conflict and subhead clarifies where that conflict can be found “Republican politicians hailed the verdict. But some New Yorkers found it deeply disturbing.” It’s Republicans vs. real New Yorkers, at least that’s what we’re being promised.
Outside the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Monday, a scuffle broke out among demonstrators, their chants amplified over bullhorns.
On one side were supporters of Daniel Penny, a former Marine who was charged with fatally choking a fellow subway rider, Jordan Neely, on an uptown F train last year….
