How Republicans are embracing the accused subway killer Daniel Penny
by Victoria Bekiempis from US news | The Guardian on (#6BT2F)
White former marine accused of killing Black street performer has raised more than $2m for his legal defense fund
When New York City authorities charged Daniel Penny with second-degree manslaughter after placing fellow subway rider Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold, his case quickly became a flashpoint in rightwing discourse on crime and vigilantism - and the broader culture war playing out in the US in advance of the 2024 election.
Penny, a white former Marine, soon raised more than $1m for his legal defense in the killing of Neely, an unhoused Black man. The sum now exceeds $2.5m.
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