. . ."Bragg’s approach starting with his infamous “Day One” memo — barring staff from prosecuting a wide range of offenses and limiting the sentences they seek — has been objectively pro-criminal. He’s a menace, and the city needs to be done with him.
"As the Danny Penny jury deliberates, this farce of a trial has made one thing abundantly plain: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg needs to go.
"This case never should have gone to court.
"The prosecution’s own witnesses proved that every rational person in that subway car — veterans of the subway system — feared for their lives after Jordan Neely burst through the doors and began ranting death threats as he half-lunged at other straphangers.
"Penny heroically acted to protect them.
"It’s a tragedy that Neely wound up dead, but Penny was far from the only author of that tragedy: The failure to address his severe schizophrenia illness (even after he skipped early, just two months before the fatal day, out of treatment mandated after a 2021 assault) and his compromised physical health, including the synthetic marijuana in his system at time of death, all played a role.
"The city medical examiner didn’t even wait for the toxicology report before declaring a homicide — on the basis of watching the videos alone.
"Yet Bragg, playing to race-obsessed “activists,” brought charges of second-degree manslaughter — plus, as “insurance” in hopes the jury would agree on a lesser charge, negligent homicide.
"Even if Penny’s found innocent on all charges, his ordeal still sends a grim message to all New Yorkers remains: Don’t think about standing up to protect the innocent." . . .
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