Daniel Penny Was the Scapegoat of a New Fanatical Religion

[Michie]

The attempted legal lynching of Good Samaritan Daniel Penny can be unpicked from many angles. Yes, it’s a human tragedy that this young man was ever even arrested, much less hounded by activist mobs and charged with manslaughter for restraining a drug-addled lunatic who was threatening to murder subway passengers in New York City. Not to mention that it also was a gross perversion of justice, exposing the racist identity politics, callous elitism, and moral hysteria of our corrupted, mediocre elites. And a rare win for the good guys, thanks to a courageous New York jury.

Many sensible commentators, from Christopher Rufo to Jeremy Carl, have explored the implications of this case, in which a government that had both neglected and coddled the madman tried to imprison the hero, and race hustlers tried to make a violent felon a martyr. (It worked with George Floyd; why not throw another perp at the wall and see if he’d stick?)

The case matters to me personally, as a native New Yorker who loves the place.

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Daniel Penny Was the Scapegoat of a New Fanatical Religion - The Stream

The Left went after Daniel Penny because it's now a fanatical post- and anti-Christian cult that needs scapegoats.

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[BobRyan]

It looks like the guy that was trying to threaten/rob/intimidate everyone in the subway car -- was bigger than Daniel Penny, and that Penny did not think the other folks in the room were capable of defending themselves or preventing Neely from pushing people into a very dangerous as they tried to exit the subway. Apparently he was threatening Penny and others at various points.

In any case it is easy to see that as soon as Penny took the step to restrain Neely, he had no choice except to maintain that restraint and hope the police would come and relieve him .

 

[Hazelelponi]

It's a tragedy that this man's family turned his back on him, then the state, before being in a drug addled rage got him killed.

Anyones anger and dismay should honestly be focused there. That man had no one in his life or who had come across him until there were $ to be made off his tragic death.

No one cared before, or after his death, not the state and sure not his family.

I was relieved that they didn't prosecute Penny. He did all he could do in a very bad situation.

He never should have gone to trial in the first place.

I really want to see our justice system stop being used to promote division and hate in this country. Justice is supposed to be blind, not racist.

 

[Michie]

It's a tragedy that this man's family turned his back on him, then the state, before being in a drug addled rage got him killed.

Anyones anger and dismay should honestly be focused there. That man had no one in his life or who had come across him until there were $ to be made off his tragic death.

No one cared before, or after his death, not the state and sure not his family.

I was relieved that they didn't prosecute Penny. He did all he could do in a very bad situation.

He never should have gone to trial in the first place.

I really want to see our justice system stop being used to promote division and hate in this country. Justice is supposed to be blind, not racist.

Oh the father made his rounds at press conferences after his son’s death. A little too late and too little now when he literally had nothing to do with him when he was alive.

 

[RileyG]

I haven't heard of this until now. Thanks for posting.

 

[Yarddog]

The attempted legal lynching of Good Samaritan Daniel Penny can be unpicked from many angles. Yes, it’s a human tragedy that this young man was ever even arrested, much less hounded by activist mobs and charged with manslaughter for restraining a drug-addled lunatic who was threatening to murder subway passengers in New York City. Not to mention that it also was a gross perversion of justice, exposing the racist identity politics, callous elitism, and moral hysteria of our corrupted, mediocre elites. And a rare win for the good guys, thanks to a courageous New York jury.

Many sensible commentators, from Christopher Rufo to Jeremy Carl, have explored the implications of this case, in which a government that had both neglected and coddled the madman tried to imprison the hero, and race hustlers tried to make a violent felon a martyr. (It worked with George Floyd; why not throw another perp at the wall and see if he’d stick?)

The case matters to me personally, as a native New Yorker who loves the place.

Escape from New York​

Continued below.

Daniel Penny Was the Scapegoat of a New Fanatical Religion - The Stream

The Left went after Daniel Penny because it's now a fanatical post- and anti-Christian cult that needs scapegoats.

stream.org

It's easy to see how the acquittal was the best judgement but it is still a tragedy. Sadly, the writer shows his prejudice, with his reference to Rufo and Carl being sensible commentators.