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From the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal:
Was Mr. Penny wrong to intervene? The details of what happened will presumably be presented at trial, but it’s clear his intention wasn’t to kill Neely. It was to protect himself and others. As a 24-year-old veteran, he may have felt a particular responsibility to do so. We sometimes call such men good samaritans when they intervene to stop a shooter or step between a young woman and a harasser.
Mr. Penny’s lawyers say their client “never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death.” They add that they are “confident that once all the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic incident are brought to bear, Mr. Penny will be fully absolved of any wrongdoing.”
Even if Mr. Penny is acquitted by a jury, the charges against him will surely deter other potential samaritans from intervening to subdue a seemingly dangerous person or even to stop a robbery or assault. If you do and something goes wrong in New York, you will be the one prosecuted.
Read the full editorial.
Charges against Daniel Penny in the death of Jordan Neely raise troubling questions about the decline of public order and the way the mentally ill have been left to fend for themselves.https://t.co/B59UWUBTuG
— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) May 13, 2023