In Reply to: Why is this any different than Derek Chauvin's case? There are posted by HasBen on December 27, 2024 at 15:14:47
Yeah I don't know the specifics of what the jury was told my guess is maybe jury nullification. that they thought Penny was a hero despite the evidence suggesting there was no need to kill the guy.
From the NBC news story I guess at one point two other people were helping restrain the guy, one of whom told him to let him go.
She has said Penny’s “initial intent was even laudable,” but that he was reckless when he continued to choke Neely even after he posed no threat, including after the train doors had opened at the next station and passengers could exit. For some of that time, she said and video showed, two other men helped restrain Neely. One of those men testified that he believed Penny had held the chokehold for too long. At times, Yoran said, he even ignored the pleas of bystanders to let Neely go. In her closing argument, Yoran said that “no one had to die” and that Penny was not justified in his use of physical deadly force.