Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old former Marine charged in the death of Jordan Neely, has spoken out on camera for the first time.
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty ImagesDaniel Penny, the 24-year-old former Marine charged in the death of Jordan Neely, has spoken out on camera for the first time since the tragic incident.released by Penny’s lawyers on Sunday, the ex-Marine outlined he had been plunged into a “scary situation” when Neely entered the Subway car, allegedly screaming and threatening to kill people.
“The man stumbled on, he appeared to be on drugs, the doors closed, and he ripped his jacket off and threw it down at the people sitting next to me at my left,” Penny said. “I was listening to music at the time, and I took my headphones out to hear what he was yelling,” he continued. “The three main threats that he repeated over and over again were ‘I’m going to kill you,’ ‘I’m prepared to go to jail for life’ and ‘I’m willing to die.’”
Though Penny stands at 6’2, Neely still stood taller than him and allegedly “terrified” other passengers with his violent rhetoric. “There’s a common misconception that Marines don’t get scared. We’re actually taught one of our core values is courage, and courage is not the absence of fear but how you handle fear,” he said. “I was scared for myself but I looked around there was women and children, he was yelling in their faces saying these threats. I just couldn’t sit still.”
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