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Witness to Jordan Neely chokehold death calls Daniel Penny a 'hero'

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NEW YORK - EXCLUSIVE DETAILS — A retiree who witnessed Marine veteran Daniel Penny fatally choke an erratic homeless man on a train earlier this month called him a hero and slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for prosecuting him."He’s a hero," said the passenger, who has lived in New York City more than 50 years.

The witness, who described herself as a woman of color, said it was wrong for Bragg to charge Penny with second-degree manslaughter."It was self-defense, and I believe in my heart that he saved a lot of people that day that could have gotten hurt," she told Fox News Digital.KID ROCK TOP DONOR TO DANIEL PENNY'S DEFENSE IN NYC SUBWAY CHOKEHOLD DEATHUS Marine veteran Daniel Penny is walked out of the New York Police Department 5th Precinct in Lower Manhattan, May 12, 2023 on his way to a arraignment after he surrendered to authorities (Photo by TIMOTHY A.

CLARY/AFP via Getty Images) Jordan Neely, 30, who suffered from mental illness, stormed onto the northbound F train at about 2:30 p.m.

May 1 screaming and threatening passengers, she said."I’m sitting on a train reading my book, and, all of a sudden, I hear someone spewing this rhetoric.

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