The man charged with manslaughter in Jordan Neely's death says his encounter with Neely was not motivated by race and he is not a white supremacist. An attorney for Neely's family says, 'We never called him a white supremacist, we called him a killer.”
after he was seen on video putting a Black man in a fatal chokehold, said the encounter with Jordan Neely was not motivated by race and he is not a white supremacist.on Saturday about the May 1 incident, which was partly captured on cellphone video on a northbound F Train and showed Penny on the ground holding Neely, 30, in a chokehold.
“This had nothing to do with race,” said Penny, 24, while speaking to the newspaper at Argyle Park in Babylon on Long Island.Courtesy of Mills & Edwards LLP Penny continued: “I mean, it’s, it’s a little bit comical. Everybody who’s ever met me can tell you, I love all people, I love all cultures. You can tell by my past and all my travels and adventures around the world. I was actually planning a road trip through Africa before this happened.”
Donte Mills, an attorney representing Neely’s family, said in a statement in response to Penny’s comments: “This is an advertisement to soften the public’s view of Daniel Penny who choked Jordan Neely to death. We never called him a white supremacist, we called him a killer.” “We don’t care how many vacations he’s been on. We want to know why he didn’t let go of that chokehold until Jordan was dead," the attorney added.Neely’s death sparked a national debate, with people denouncing
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