Daniel Penny has been vindicated. So has America.
In finding the 26-year-old not guilty in the death of Jordan Neely, the jury has rejected a racialized criminal justice system that sees white people as inherently evil and black people as perpetual victims.
But we still have a long way to go. After the verdict was announced on Monday, Neely’s father erupted in the Manhattan courtroom and had to be escorted out.
‘Racist f***ing country,’ one Neely supporter yelled.
Another, to Penny: ‘You’re a racist f**king c***.’
Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome, who claims to be Neely’s ‘uncle’, clearly threatened Penny.
‘Small f***ing world, buddy,’ he said. Later, at a press conference, Newsome went further: ‘We need some black vigilantes… people want to jump up and choke us and kill us… How about we do the same when they attempt to oppress us?’
He should have been arrested on the spot.