Daniel Penny and the Heckler’s Veto
On May 1, 2023, Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former Marine, intervened in what witnesses described as a potentially dangerous situation on a subway train in Manhattan, New York City. A man, 30-year-old Jordan Neely, was allegedly acting wildly, saying “I’m going to kill you,” “I don’t care if I die,” and “I’ll go to jail for the rest of my life.” Passengers, including Penny, were allegedly afraid for their lives. Penny, assisted by two other male passengers, restrained Neely, eventually in a leg scissors-lock for three to five minutes, assuming that police could take over from there.
Arriving at the next subway station, the police did indeed take over. They questioned Mr. Penny and others, determined that Mr. Neely was dead, and that no charges were appropriate. The incident caused widespread demonstrations against “systemic racism.” Mr. Bragg, on hearing of the demonstrations,, ordered Mr. Penny arrested for murder. The charge would have to be confirmed by a Grand Jury. The Grand Jury indicted Mr. Penny for manslaughter, and Mr. Penny was arrested.
Heckler’s Veto
This is a practice known as the “Heckler’s Veto,” in which one or more hecklers drown out all speech presenting why a series of facts should be interpreted in a certain matter, the hecklers asserting the opposite. Another term for this, somewhat less precise, is “mob rule.”
The conversion of common sense decisions to emotion-driven ones is not as unusual as one might think. The year before an elderly bodega clerk, Jose Alba, 61, was assaulted by a customer. Mr. Alba tussled with the customer, who had leapt behind the counter to reach Mr. Alba; during the conflict the customer was stabbed by Mr. Alba. DA Bragg ordered Mr. Alba arrested for murder. At his trial, the judge dismissed the charges.
The following is taken from the New York Post Nov 26,2022
2022 BRAGG 2019 Cyrus Vance
Felony Convictions 51% 68%
Misdemeanor Convictions 29% 51%
Felonies Not Prosecxuted 1,119 838
Felonies reduced to Misdemeanors 535 39%
Jail Sentence for Misdemeanor 522 2,413
Mr. Bragg ran on a platform with a single plank: He promised to put former President Trump in jail. He succeeded in getting a Grand Jury to indict Mr. Trump on charges of multiple misdemeanors that together were charged as a felony because they were instrumental to the commission of a greater crime, a felony that was never specified. The case arose out of a civil tort in which a woman accused Mr. Trump of inappropriate touching occurring in 2017. The statute of limitations had run out on the civil tort, out of which more than thirty separate misdemeanors were specified.
Opinion
The only felony believed as an article of faith by Democrats to have been committed by Mr. Trump was stealing the 2016 election.in collusion with Russia. That “felony” has been thoroughly debunked. And all of the actions specified occurred in 2017 after conclusion of the election. Only in overwhelmingly Democrat NYC and Washington, DC, where it is easier to find s full quorum of founding members of the Whig Party than to locate a single Republican, are such things possible.
Yeah, well, even if you found a Republican, he/she/it would be a Democrat.
Joe said they would stop him from taking power again -- this is what that looks like. Trumped up (lol) charges designed to jail political opponents. Totally not a banana republic or anything.