What Neither Side Gets Right About Jordan Neely’s Death
U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny, 24, on Friday after being charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely. (Michael Nigro via Getty Images)
Many of the people who argued vehemently against giving men the benefit of the doubt during MeToo now expect women to shrug off menacing men on the subway.
On May 1, Jordan Neely, a mentally ill homeless man, was choked to death by subway rider and former Marine Daniel Penny. It is a tragic and controversial case that has divided the country. Many on the left are calling for Penny to be charged with murder after he put Neely into a fatal chokehold for behaving in a threatening, and possibly dangerous, mann…
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