Steube wants to award man acquitted in NYC subway killing with Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Rep. Greg Steube is co-sponsoring legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Daniel Penny, the man acquitted of criminally negligent homicide after he placed a homeless man in a chokehold on a New York City subway, which led to the man's death.

The Sarasota Republican claimed in a Tweet the charges against Penny were motivated by “racial grievance politics.”

“Even after the manslaughter charge was dismissed, (New York District Attorney) Alvin Bragg continues his crusade against this heroic former Marine who bravely stood up to protect his fellow Americans,” Steube said.

Jordan Neely, the man killed in the interaction, was homeless, suffered from schizophrenia, and was high on synthetic marijuana as he threatened subway passengers one day in May 2023 − Penny among them. Penny put Neely in a chokehold for about six minutes, even after the man stopped resisting, and a New York City medical examiner ruled the cause of death as “compression of the neck.”

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2024/12/12/steube-supports-congressional-medal-for-man-cleared-in-subway-killing/76925459007/

The Republican disgracing of the USA in the eyes of the world continues apace.