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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2024-republican-hopefuls-defend-daniel-penny-who-killed-jordan-neely_n_6468c78ae4b06749be141c0c#
2024 Republican Hopefuls Rush To Defend Man Who Killed Jordan Neely

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Daniel Penny that “America’s got his back.” Former U. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for New York’s governor to pardon Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to his legal defense fund.
Republican presidential hopefuls have lined up to support Penny, a 24-year-old U. S. Marine veteran who was caught on video pinning an agitated fellow subway passenger in New York City to the floor in a chokehold. The passenger, 30-year-old Jordan Neely, later died from compression of the neck, according to the medical examiner.

Penny has been charged with manslaughter. His attorneys say he acted in self-defense.
He’s already become a hero to many Republicans, who have trumpeted Penny as a Good Samaritan moving to protect others in a Democrat-led city that has seen crime rates rise. The support has been unwavering, despite the fact that Neely, who was Black, never got physical with anyone on the train before he was placed in the chokehold for several minutes by Penny, who is white.

The rush to back Penny recalls how then-President Donald Trump and other top Republicans fiercely supported Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 presidential election. Rittenhouse, a white teenager who killed two men and wounded a third during a tumultuous night of protests in Wisconsin over a Black man’s death, was acquitted.

More recently, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to pardon Daniel Perry, a white Army sergeant who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting an armed man during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in the state’s capital of Austin.

https://gothamist.com/news/daniel-penny-charged-with-killing-jordan-neely-is-gaining-prayers-millions-in-donor-dollars-big-names-are-helping
Daniel Penny, charged with killing Jordan Neely, is gaining prayers, millions in donor dollars. Big names are helping.

A legal defense fund established on behalf of Daniel Penny, who has been charged in the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely on a subway car, has swelled to more than $2.62 million in a matter of days.

More than 54,000 people have donated to the fund set up by Penny’s lawyers on GiveSendGo, which bills itself as the “#1 Free Christian Fundraising Site” and “leading freedom fundraising platform.” Nearly 40,000 have offered their prayers as well. The fund was created last week by the law firm Raiser & Kenniff, P. C., and the money and prayers have flowed since – right along with the veneration of Penny by conservative politicians and politicians.

Donations have ranged from a few dollars to the thousands, including $10,000 from Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican running for president, $5,000 from the musician Kid Rock and $20,000 from conservative commentator Timothy Pool. Penny, 24, has been arraigned on a second-degree manslaughter charge and has not yet entered a plea. The website does not indicate the origin of the donations, but the size and breadth of the support lay bare the challenge for prosecutors seeking to convict the decorated Marine veteran.

These two would be Fox News’ next anchors if not for the gestapo arresting…well criminals.