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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What’s the ex Marine’s employment status? Was he honorably or medically discharged from the military (he has a 1000-yard stare)? What’s his current living situation (looks homeless and disheveled)?[/quote]

There's no such thing as an "ex Marine."  It's a title he's earned for life. [/quote]
If he was not “honorably” discharged then he is an ex Marine.[/quote]

Medical discharge would still be a Marine.  Penny was not dishonorably discharged, and I have no idea where you would get the idea he was.
You obvious are clueless about  the military so just stop posting.[/quote]
I can’t believe anyone would defend putting someone in a chokehold for 15 minutes. It’s obvious Penny has his own mental issues, but all America can see is that the white ex-Marine neutralized the “scary” black man.
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The video shows the the chokehold was careful and that he let go when Neely passed out.  But whether Penny held the chokehold too long or not, whether Neely's physical state was debilitated from drug use and hard living or not, [b]Penny may well have been entirely justified, given the threats that Neely is now being reported as having been making.  [/b]

A jury will decide.  [/quote]

Absolutely not.  If a person is making verbal threats, you have a duty to retreat in a public place. You don't put hands on the person. You leave the train and call the police.

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Yea allow him to break the eye socket if a 67 year old woman first. [/quote]

Yes, correct in some people's opinion.. Then if she can see well enough and get up, then she can call for help and wait for police. [/quote]

Presumably that's what happened, since he was arrested and charged for that crime.  But then the system failed and he walked out of the treatment plan and vanished into the streets.

So calling for the police doesn't seem to have helped that much.[/quote]

The New York system failed Mr. Neely repeatedly. He did not deserve to die the way he did. It's horrific and a tragedy. But letting him back onto the streets 40+ times was criminal, in my opinion. His victims have suffered.  It was not safe for him or other people. I'm assuming his behaviors were too much for his relatives to handle. If I had been on that subway, I would have been very frightened by his behavior  I do not think Mr. Penny should have been charged.  [/quote]

I don't either. 
And, the one that should be held accountable is actually Alvin Bragg who let this guy walk repeatedly.  [/quote]

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