As some conservatives hail Daniel Penny as a “hero”, Penny's legal-defense fund has raised more than $1 million since he was charged with second-degree manslaughter for killing Neely with a chokehold on a New York subway car.
“Jordan Neely was a violent criminal who should have been behind bars,” she wrote on Twitter on May 6.
The Neely family’s attorneys said they are seeking a grand jury indictment, telling reporters that Penny “didn’t care about Jordan” when he placed him in the fatal chokehold. Penny’s attorneys have argued that their client acted in self-defense and “could not have foreseen [Neely’s] untimely death.” Experts say it’s a narrative among conservatives that has helped fuel the online fundraiser for Penny’s legal-defense fund. Penny’s attorneys set up the fundraiser on GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding site created after the site GoFundMe removed far-right campaigns that went against its terms of service.
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