NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz Talking About Potential Daniel Penny Charges on WABC 7.

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0:00 now New York's number one News Channel 7 0:04 Eyewitness News it's been nine days 0:06 since 30 year old Jordan Neely was held 0:09 in a Chokehold on a subway and died 0:11 still no announcement on any charges in 0:14 his death and some city leaders are 0:16 losing their patience While others like 0:18 Manhattan D.A Alvin Bragg are saying to 0:21 let the process play out eyewitness news 0:23 reporter Entei Burkett is live in SoHo 0:25 with the very latest NJ 0:29 and right show day the Manhattan D.A is 0:31 not the only one saying that mayor Adams 0:33 has been urging patients with the 0:35 process since last week but many leaders 0:38 in his own party say that's not good 0:40 enough 0:42 we all saw it we all know what we saw 0:45 public Advocate Jamani Williams says 0:48 prosecutors need to act that Daniel 0:51 Penny should be charged in the Chokehold 0:53 death of Jordan Neely that he should 0:55 have been arrested in the hours after 0:58 the incident Jordan Neely was unjustly 1:00 killed 1:01 and charges must be 1:04 against person who killed him Williams 1:07 and several others in city government 1:09 insist the video speaks for itself that 1:12 Penny suffocated merely and that is 1:15 enough to arrest him perhaps on murder 1:17 charges even before an investigation 1:19 City comptroller Brad Lander New York 1:22 City is not Gotham we can't be a city 1:26 where you could choke someone to death 1:28 who's experiencing a mental health 1:30
crisis without any consequence but some 1:33 witnesses said Neely was ranting 1:35 threatening Riders and throwing trash so 1:38 far Manhattan prosecutors have opted to 1:41 wait instead interviewing Witnesses and 1:43 Gathering additional video before 1:45 presenting the case to a grand jury it's 1:48 our solemn obligation 1:50 to assess the facts and apply the facts 1:53 to the law mayor Adams is warning 1:54 against what he calls a rush to judgment 1:57 while offering sympathy to Neely's 1:59 family friends and supporters many of 2:01 whom have demonstrated in recent days 2:03 the circumstances from around in his 2:06 death are still being investigated 2:08 and while we have no control over that 2:11 process 2:12 one thing we can control is how our city 2:15 responds to this tragedy former 2:18 prosecutor David Schwartz says the mayor
2:20 is right the Chokehold he says was 2:23 likely not justified but the charges 2:25 should be decided by a grand jury I 2:28 don't believe this is a murder case this 2:31 case may be closer to criminally 2:32 negligent homicide it may be closer to a 2:34 manslaughter case the D.A should submit 2:37 all the charges to the grand jury submit 2:39 all the facts give the defendant a 2:42 chance to testify because these are very 2:44
close calls 2:46 a grand jury presentation would now 2:49 appear inevitable when that will happen 2:51 is still not clear what is clear is that 2:54 this investigation is not over tonight a 2:57 lot tonight in SoHo and Jay Burke at 2:58 Channel 7 Eyewitness News