Jordan Neely's Father Reacts To Daniel Penny Being Found Innocent: 'Let's DO SOMETHING About This'

Posted • December 9, 2024: Leaders of the New York City Council Progressive Caucus and Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus issued a joint statement slamming the jury's finding, saying it "highlights a deep-seated societal discomfort with unhoused individuals in need of support" and "green-lights 'vigilante justice' against the most vulnerable New Yorkers." - "It sends a dangerous message, allowing straphangers to harm their fellow subway riders for making noise, begging, or showing signs of physical or emotional distress," the statement said. "If the legal and moral standards have been lowered this far, every New Yorker should be deeply concerned that the smallest misstep on public transit could result in their death." Outside the courthouse, Jordan Neely's dad, Andre Zachery, rejected the legitimacy of the court, saying the "system is rigged." - "Come on, people. Let's do something about this," Zachery told the Black Lives Matter activists assembled before him.

Jordan Neely's father reacts to Daniel Penny being found innocent. "What are we gonna do, people? What's gonna happen to us now? I had enough of this. The system is rigged. Come on, people. Let's DO SOMETHING about this." -- When Neely's mother was brutally murdered in 2007, leaving him orphaned, his father was nowhere to be found. Neely bounced around between places, eventually ending up homeless and on drugs. At age 18, Neely wanted to live with Zachery. However, in exchange, Zachery asked his son to hand over the proceeds he earned from his street performances as a Michael Jackson impersonator. Then when Neely refused, Zachery would take away his house keys and lock him out of the home, Neely's friend told New York Magazine. Zachery is now suing Penny for stepping in to subdue Neely. According to the paperwork, Zachery is demanding damages in a cash award exceeding "the jurisdictional limits of all lower courts," a sum so large that it cannot be decided by any lower-level court and must be heard in a higher court with jurisdiction to handle such substantial claims. (…)

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