Phil Mickelson took to X on Friday to reward Daniel Penny for defending his nation as a Marine and intervening to restrain “deranged” homeless man Jordan Neely after he threatened passengers on a New York Metropolis subway.
The six-time Main winner captioned a put up from conservative commentator Collin Rugg, who wrote a protracted put up celebrating Penny as a hero for his actions. Mickelson agreed wholeheartedly with Rugg and doubled down on the reward.
“Agree,” Mickelson wrote. Thanks Daniel for serving your nation and for shielding the numerous passengers whose lives had been threatened by this violent and deranged particular person.”
Neely, a homeless 30-year-old, rushed onto a New York Metropolis subway automobile on Could 1, 2023, telling passengers that somebody would “die in the present day” and that he didn’t care whether or not he spent the remainder of his life in jail. Penny, 26, put Neely in a chokehold to finish the risk, however the schizophrenic homeless man died later.
Penny had been going through second-degree homicide expenses, which carries a most sentence of 15 years. However after a jury repeatedly deadlocked on that cost, Assistant Manhattan District Legal professional Dafna Yoran requested for the second-degree homicide cost to be dropped and for the jury as a substitute to debate the lesser cost of criminally negligent murder.
Based on court docket docs, Neely was excessive on K2, an artificial marijuana drug identified to perform as a stimulant. Neely had a protracted historical past of legal exercise and at the very least one different assault incident within the subway in 2021 when he allegedly attacked a 67-year-old girl.
