PBS Skeptical of Penny Acquittal: Some See 'Reckless Vigilante Who Went Too Far'

The acquittal of Daniel Penny disturbed the ivory tower virtue of the PBS News Hour on Monday evening. Penny, who intervened on a New York City subway in the summer of 2023 when violent homeless addict Jordan Neely threatened to kill other passengers, had been put on trial for his civic heroism by an otherwise soft-on-crime Manhattan prosecutor.

Sy was joined by Samantha Max, public safety reporter for WNYC public radio and Sy's tone sounded suspect of the jury’s verdict (with woke Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s racial and political machinations ignored.)