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Daniel Penny is a hero

Not stupid in the least. You're indulging in a false "what happens if everyone does it" narrative. Every case must be judged on its own merits.
Neely's last minute on earth is on video. Penny will be convinced
 
Wow. Penny apparently hired some incredibly stupid lawyers.

First, they let him give an interview. That was bad enough. Now, they're having him testify, under oath, in court?

The standard for a grand jury indict is very low. All that has to happen is a majority of the jurors need to find that there's probable cause to believe that he acted recklessly. That will not be difficult at all.

Not only does it give the prosecutors a huge opportunity to question him under oath, they can use those answers in a subsequent trial, and nail him on any inconsistencies or problems in his testimony. Egads.
It's New York, so a defendant accused of killing a homeless man has to fight back against the narrative that he did so because he thought homeless people were worthless, or that he had white supremacist sympathies. Remaining silent does not guarantee benefit of the doubt in a lot of places, and New York's a pretty unlikely locale to get said benefit.
 
I had to look up his name:

Daniel Penny, the man who held Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold, says race had nothing to do with it, New York Post reports​

Omar Jimenez
 
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