Rudy Giuliani attempted to deflect sexual assault allegations filed Monday with a tirade defending Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old man who killed Jordan Neely on a NYC subway
Giuliani portrayed Penny as a “the Marine who tried to try to protect the other people on the platform” and incorrectly claimed Neely was on a list of “50 most dangerous mentally ill people in the city.” As reported by the, Neely was included on a roster of people who “stand out for the severity of their troubles and their resistance to accepting help” and is managed by a group of city agency workers and social-service nonprofits tasked with trying to get those in need to shelters.
Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez, acknowledged Neely’s inclusion on the list, and said: “Our city knew exactly who Jordan was, where he was and what his history was. And yet we failed him.”before Penny put him in the fatal chokehold for approximately 15 minutes, Giuliani blamed Neely for his own death. “Exactly what happened or how it happened, probably no one will ever know,” said Trump’s former lawyer, despite a nearly four-minute video documenting the killing. “God knows how it happened.
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