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Despite the best efforts of the Manhattan DA to try and make any charges stick to Marine vet Daniel Penny, the jury took less than a morning’s deliberation to acquit Penny.<\/p>\n
Jurors\u00a0acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide,\u00a0which could have put him behind bars for up to four years, in Neely\u2019s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023, The New York Post reported.<\/p>\n
Manslaughter, the top charge against Penny, was tossed on Friday after jurors twice said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.\u00a0 NY Post<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The prosecutor’s move Friday to drop the more serious murder\u00a0 charge was widely seen as a strong-arm, and possibly unConstitutional, attempt to coerce the jury into accepting the lesser charge – and it didn’t work.<\/p>\n
\nAs the jury foreperson read the “not guilty” verdict, some observers in the courtroom applauded. Others began to audibly sob and yell, and were escorted out.<\/p>\n
“This is America. That is the sound of Black pain,” one person said outside of the courtroom in Lower Manhattan to the reaction.<\/p>\n
Chants of “no justice, no peace,” could be heard echoing from outside.\u00a0 NBC News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Could be an interesting night in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"