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Conservative outlets and commentators ripped Manhattan District
Attorney, Alvin Bragg, after the prosecution of U.S. Marine veteran
Daniel Penny failed this week.

Multiple pundits condemned Bragg for having "wrongfully persecuted"
Penny, who was charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent
homicide for the chokehold death of Neely on a Manhattan subway car
in May 2023. Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia
who had an active arrest warrant at the time, had barged onto the
train shouting death threats while high on a type of synthetic
marijuana known as K2. Penny grabbed Neely from behind in a
chokehold during the incident and Neely later died.

Penny was found not guilty on the second charge, after the first
was dismissed the week prior.

Amid the relief PennyAs defenders felt at MondayAs verdict, there
was severe criticism of Bragg for bringing the case against the 26-
year-old former Marine in the first place.

"Manhattan District Attorney Alvin BraggAs effort to persecute
Perry failed u and Bragg may, should, pay the ultimate political
price for trying," The New York Post editorial board declared on
Monday.

The Post board argued that "Penny never shouldAve been dragged into
court in the first place," and grilled the D.A., stating, "Bragg
did it anyway, playing to his hard-left, race-obsessed base."

"BraggAs prosecutors also pounded the race card relentlessly at
trial, routinely calling Perry athe white manA and imputing racist
motives to his actions, even as witness after witness confirmed
that the entire car was terrified by NeelyAs behavior on that F
train," the editorial said. It also called on Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-
N.Y., to "take note, and finally remove Bragg from office."

The editors of the independent outlet, The Free Press, stated in a
column that PennyAs not guilty verdict "does not erase the cynical, wrongheaded, and unwarranted prosecution by Manhattan district
attorney Alvin Bragg against a Good Samaritan."

The piece continued, stating that this type of unwarranted
prosecution is part and parcel of BraggAs agenda as D.A., which has
led to an increase in New York CityAs crime overall.

"BraggAs tenure has been marked by priorities that donAt serve the
public, and a nonchalant attitude toward criminal behavior that has
all but guaranteed an increase in crime in New York," the editors
wrote.

"In sum, Bragg has made New York a more dangerous city. WhatAs
more, while ignoring real crime, he has gone after politically
convenient targetsulike Daniel Pennyugenerating an enormous amount
of cynicism among New Yorkers," they added.

Fox News commentator Gregg Jarrett wrote that the "tragic epitaph"
of PennyAs trial is that "the larger societal damage that BraggAs
unwarranted case has wrought may be borne by future crime victims
in New York and perhaps elsewhere."

"Knowing that an elected district attorney is eager to prosecute
well-meaning Samaritans will likely deter them from defending
others who are preyed upon. The weak and the vulnerable among us
may become easier targets," the legal analyst stated.

In a statement obtained by The Daily Caller, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-
Texas, condemned Bragg by saying he was an "absolute catastrophe."

"First, he indicted Donald Trump in a partisan case, and then he
indicted Daniel Penny for saving the lives of other subway
passengers from a deranged lunatic threatening to kill everyone,"
Cruz continued.

The lawmaker added that "Penny should sue Bragg for malicious
prosecution and hold this rogue Soros prosecutor accountable."

The Wall Street JournalAs editorial board declared that BraggAs
case against Penny "should never have been brought" and argued that
the not guilty verdict "is a rebuke to Mr. Bragg, who often
declines to prosecute genuine criminals but treated Mr. Penny like
a dangerous vigilante."

The board added that if Penny was found guilty of either or both of
the charges, it "would have transformed a human tragedy into a
larger injustice."

https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-torch-ny-da-bragg- prosecution-daniel-penny-fails-pay-ultimate-political-price

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