According to them, however, the death was “no accident.” Rather, it was “vigilante violence,” “brutality,” and an example of deep-seated racism. “Given the races of the men, it’s easy to see how this development could be lumped together with other examples of racial injustice,” wrote LZ Granderson in a Los Angeles Times column about how charging the offender “is just a start.
In case there’s any confusion, the neck injury in question happened back in May on a New York City subway car when a homeless black man named Jordan Neely acted in a threatening manner toward fellow passengers. Recognizing his civic duty to protect himself and other innocents, another passenger, a 24-year-old white ex-Marine named Daniel Penny, restrained Neely with a chokehold to the gratitude of his fellow riders.
Neely was later pronounced dead, and after angry protests and a full-court press from our activist media, the former servicemember was charged with second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide. If convicted, he could face up to 15 years in prison. Despite there being no reason to assume a racial motivation on Penny’s part, the media campaign for “racial justice” was a success.
