NY Criminal Defense Attorney David Schwartz Talks About Daniel Penny Pleading Non Guilty on ABC 7 NY

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1 News Channel 7 Eyewitness News now to
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the indictment of Daniel penny in the
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subway choking death of Jordan nearly in
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the former Marine Fleet and not guilty
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to charges of second-degree manslaughter
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and criminally negligent homicide today
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he insists he was defending himself and
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others on the train that day today
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prosecutors revealed new information in
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the case against Penny here's Albany
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news reporter Angie Burkett
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Daniel Petty rushed from Criminal Court
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surrounded by bodyguards and said
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nothing to reporters the indictment
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charges penny with manslaughter and
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criminally negligent homicide that the
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former Marine Corps Sergeant recklessly
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caused the death of Jordan Neely his
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attorneys predicted that Penny will be
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exonerated by a sympathetic jury the
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reality is that there is not a living
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breathing soul in Manhattan that has not
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experienced A variation of What Not only
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Mr Penny but the other individuals
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experienced on that subway car in the
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day in question Penny admitted to
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detectives that he subdued nearly after
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nearly burst onto an F train and began
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ranting throwing trash and threatening
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Riders nearly was very aggressive going
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crazy that people in the subway were
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afraid for their safety I just came up
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behind him and put him in a Chokehold he
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said he was threatening everybody the
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D.A says the evidence shows Penny acted
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almost instantly wrestling nearly into a
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Choco old within a minute and held him
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that way allegedly putting Jordan nearly
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in a deadly Chokehold for several
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minutes until and after he stopped
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moving former prosecutor David Schwartz
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the whole case is gonna hinge upon how
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long that Chokehold took place for and
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did it reach a moment in time where Mr
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Penny consciously disregarded a risk
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that a death could occur nearly was 30
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years old and homeless with the
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documented history of mental illness and
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dozens of arrests his supporters contend
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he had not harmed anyone on the train
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that day before he was subdued Daniel
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Penny killed the man
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he took a life
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and for everyone who thought donating
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three million dollars was somehow make
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this go away
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or buy his pass
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is not going to happen prosecutors
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revealed today that they have five cell
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phone videos from three different
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eyewitnesses as well as MTA surveillance
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video Penny pleaded not guilty today and
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remains free on bail tonight in lower
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Manhattan NJ burka Channel 7 Eyewitness
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