BLM Protestors Lose Their Minds Outside The Daniel Penny Trial

Posted • October 22, 2024: Black Lives Matter protestors mobilized Monday to jeer at Daniel Penny, who's on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, as his trial kicked off in the fatal 2023 chokehold case. Dozens of "Justice for Jordan Neely" demonstrators — about 50 of them — rallied outside the Manhattan courthouse prior to Penny's arrival. Wearing "Malcolm X" merch, some held signs that read "End Racist Vigilantism Now!" while others accused the Marine veteran of "White Supremacist Violence." One poster demanded that the jury "Convict Daniel Penny" for "This Modern Lynching." Several anti-police activists called on the city to "#AbolishPolice."

Demonstrators chant "No Justice, No Peace" outside Manhattan Criminal Court, where jury selection begins this morning in the trial against Daniel Penny, who's charged with choking former street performer Jordan Neely to death on the subway last year. "Murderer! Murderer!" one man reportedly shouted into a bullhorn as Penny, who's charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, walked into Manhattan Supreme Court for the first day of jury selection. BLM of Greater New York co-founder Hawk Newsome declared, "This is a race thing." Daniel Penny arrives to NYC court amid protest, "This is a race thing, because if Jordan Neely was white, he would not be dead" Hawk Newsome of Greater BLM NY spoke as group chanted "Justice For Jordan Neely!" (…)

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