Daniel Penny spoke to Fox News in the wake of his acquittal in the death of Jordan Neely, and he explained how Neely was threatening to kill people on the subway. He never should have been charged in the case, he was just trying to protect people on the subway.
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The acquittal inflamed some on the left, including some of the hosts on “The View.”
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But perhaps the wildest meltdown came on Tuesday from Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). It’s hard to believe this was written by someone still in office.
You knew it wasn’t going to go well when the thread started with “Dear White People.”
Dear White People,
I don’t know why I feel the need to keep talking to you. I don’t know why part of me still has hope for you and for us. Some of you are too far gone. But maybe enough of you aren’t and will join us in fighting to end white supremacy.
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
I don’t know why I feel the need to keep talking to you. I don’t know why part of me still has hope for you and for us. Some of you are too far gone. But maybe enough of you aren’t and will join us in fighting to end white supremacy.
He then mentioned some of the deaths or violence against black people that he viewed as traumatic during his life, getting facts wrong in the process, such as when he spoke about Rodney King and had to be corrected by a Community Note noting that officers were convicted in that case.
I am 48 years old and I have seen countless incidents of brutal police violence and killings in my lifetime. The first Black man I saw violently attacked on camera was Rodney King. Those officers were acquitted.
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
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He claimed that Jordan Neely was “not a threat” when he was restrained by Daniel Penny, despite the evidence that he was, in fac,t making threatening remarks on the subway.
He was not a threat. He was subdued. Still not a threat. Daniel Penny choked him for 6 minutes. And killed him. We all watched it on camera, and he was still acquitted.
I’ve left out probably another hundred instances of this trauma in my life. For comparison, I ask white people, how many times have you seen a white man killed in cold blood on camera on your newsfeed? How many times have you even heard about this?
Um, last week? When United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down, and some on the left celebrated it? And Neely certainly wasn’t “killed in cold blood” like Thompson.
“You never have,” he claimed.
I wish I didn’t have to live with all of this trauma deep in my bones. I wish I could just be free to be me. I marvel at the beauty and greatness of my people in spite of white supremacy. It’s extraordinary. That is what I will continue to lean on.
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
Bowman continued that he wished he could “just be free to be me.”
In a way, that’s the saddest part of this rant. He is “free” to be whatever he wants to be, and even a member of Congress, yet he’s still stuck in this leftist race-baiting paradigm that insists he’s a victim, that views everything through the lens of race, that wouldn’t allow him to acknowledge the inconvenient facts in the case of Jordan Neely.
Bowman finished it off by saying the justice system failed Neely and with a reference to Kyle Rittenhouse, who was also found not guilty because he acted in self-defense.
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RIP Jordan Neely. The justice system failed you. Kyle Ritenhouse and Daniel Penny are free. You’re gone. We must still fight.
— Rep. Jamaal Bowman Ed.D. (@JamaalBowmanNY) December 10, 2024
Not to mention that none of the people Rittenhouse shot in self-defense were black, so again, his rant isn’t making a lot of sense.
But it’s truly unhinged when a member of Congress says to an entire racial group that makes up a lot of his constituents, “I don’t know why I feel the need to keep talking to you.” His “people” as a member of Congress includes all his constituents. Maybe Bowman should take a greater look in the mirror because this type of thinking may be one of the reasons he lost — badly — and will no longer be in Congress in the new year.
It’s 2024, you don’t have to care about the opinions of people who talk like this anymore. https://t.co/fEK2Y8YBFr pic.twitter.com/C5eyPSXVHY
— Charles Fain Lehman (@CharlesFLehman) December 10, 2024
Yes, please. This is gone on for too long. Enough.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2024
