first of all, how is the family of mr. neely doing? not good. they lost a loved one. and the worst part about it is, they re looked at as bad people because of the situation jordan neely was in. the problem is, therse are forgotten people in america. it s people dealing with mental illness. there s an assumption if you have mental illness, if you re houseless, that there s something wrong with you. that you re a bad person. what is the family s reaction to daniel penny being charged? well, i immediately called andre zachary, who s jordan s father, as soon as i got a call from the d.a. s office. i wanted him to hear for himself the words that daniel penny was being charged. i also contacted carolyn, who is jordan s aunt. i wanted her to hear. it was important for them. the first thing i heard was, hallelujah, shouts of joy. and i heard relief.
however, they all said, this is just one step. you know, i was talking with andre zachary, and he said that it wasn t right, number one, that nothing was being done. the pain was evident in his voice. we spent about 30 to 40 minutes trying to convince the d.a. on tuesday that it was unsatisfactory for them to tell us that they had no timeline for when they were going to do this arrest. we tried to explain to them there was enough evidence already. i asked point blank, you ve been doing this 25 years, have you ever heard of a case, have you ever had a situation where there is both victim and the killer and a video and someone goes in and they admit that they killed this person, and they get to be questioned and leave? and he couldn t identify any situation like that. what do you want to see happen next? i mean, there will be a grand jury. right. mr. penny will have the opportunity, if he wants, to
NEW YORK — The family of subway chokehold victim Jordan Neely invited the Rev. Al Sharpton on May 9 to deliver his eulogy at a May 19 funeral service in
Donte Mills and Lennon Edwards, attorneys representing the family of Jordan Neely, welcomed Daniel Penny's arrested but argued during a press conference that he should have been charged with second-degree murder instead of second-degree manslaughter.