IMO:
The defense is obviously playing to an audience who they believe are just plain stupid.
DP blatantly lied to detectives about the chokehold timeline and his charges have zilch to do with frightened passengers.
"One of Penny’s lawyers, Daniel Kenniff, noted after court that jurors did hear from Penny, in the form of his recorded statements to police minutes and hours after he put Neely in a chokehold.
“Virtually everything he said then is consistent with credible testimony of his fellow passengers,” Kenniff said.
Penny told police that he wrapped his arm around Neely’s neck, took him to the floor and “put him out” because he was angrily throwing things and making threatening comments. Penny said on police video that he hadn’t wanted to injure Neely but rather to keep him from hurting anyone else."
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The defense is obviously playing to an audience who they believe are just plain stupid.
DP blatantly lied to detectives about the chokehold timeline and his charges have zilch to do with frightened passengers.
"One of Penny’s lawyers, Daniel Kenniff, noted after court that jurors did hear from Penny, in the form of his recorded statements to police minutes and hours after he put Neely in a chokehold.
“Virtually everything he said then is consistent with credible testimony of his fellow passengers,” Kenniff said.
Penny told police that he wrapped his arm around Neely’s neck, took him to the floor and “put him out” because he was angrily throwing things and making threatening comments. Penny said on police video that he hadn’t wanted to injure Neely but rather to keep him from hurting anyone else."
Daniel Penny doesn't testify as his defense rests in subway chokehold trial
Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.
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