New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, publicly rooted for Daniel Penny’s acquittal before the jury began deliberations on Tuesday.
Mayor Adams said Penny did “what we should have done as a city” during an interview with 710 WOR’s “The Rob Astorino Show.”
Penny is on trial for the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man whom he subdued with a chokehold as he was having a violent outburst on the subway last May.
Adams argued that the mental health system had failed Neely.
“The young man, in this case, was going within our system, throughout the revolving door of our system. Now, we’re on the subway where we’re hearing someone talking about hurting people, killing people,” Adams said on the show on Saturday.
“You have someone on that subway who was responding, doing what we should have done as a city in a state of having a mental health facility,” Adams added.
The mayor continued, “Those passengers were afraid. I’ve been on the subway system. I know what it is as a police officer to wrestle or fight with someone. It is imperative that we look at the totality of this problem.”
Adams said that he hopes the jury heard “all the facts” and that they will make the right decision.
“Based on all the facts that’s laid out, a jury of his peers will make the right decision. I don’t want to prejudge that,” Adams said.
The former police officer also noted that there was a deadly stabbing spree in Manhattan on November 18.
“That could have easily been a case where you saw three innocent people murdered on our street two weeks ago,” Adams said. “We have to recognize we have a mental health crisis, and we’re not doing enough to solve it.”
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