Neely’s funeral will be held in Harlem on May 19Īttorneys for Jordan Neely’s family announced the funeral on Tuesday. We cannot provide any additional information until he has been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, which we expect to take place tomorrow.”- Emma Whitford May 11, 2023 “We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested on a charge of Manslaughter in the Second Degree. He was put into a waiting black police car to be taken to Manhattan Criminal Court, where he was to be arraigned later Friday.

Penny was led out of the precinct at 10:38 a.m. Penny, 24, dressed in a dark gray suit, walked through the front doors of the Police Department’s Fifth Precinct at around 8 a.m. The DA’s office said in a statement on Thursday afternoon that Penny would be arrested and charged with manslaughter in the second degree. Penny surrendered to New York police at the Fifth Precinct on Friday morning. Friday, more than $280,000 had already been donated to pay for Penny’s legal expenses. His lawyers confirmed they set up a defense fund on the conservative crowdfunding site GiveSendGo. Penny has already raised more than $280,000 for his defense His next court date is scheduled for July 17. According to the Associated Press, he also surrendered his passport and will not be allowed to leave the state without prior approval. Penny was released Friday on $100,000 bond.

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) gave Penny a similar nickname - “Subway Superman” - on former president Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform. Other conservative outlets such as One America News have had segments asking whether Penny “ should be prosecuted or honored.” The Wall Street Journal’s conservative-leaning editorial board made the case against charging Penny, describing him in a Friday headline as “ the Subway Samaritan.” Rep. The Washington Post collects some more examples of support from the right: Late Friday, prospective GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis linked to the page in a tweet in which he referred to Penny as a “Good Samaritan.” Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign confirmed to Vicethat the entrepreneur donated $10,000 to the fundraiser. A number of figures on the right have been promoting the effort and not just defending Penny, but championing him and what he did. Conservatives have made Penny a cause célèbreĪs of Sunday night, Daniel Penny’s lawyers have already crowdfunded nearly $2 million for his legal defense using page on the conservative-centered GoFundMe alternative, GiveSendGo.

Badger Island by Jonathan Guy