board. penny wasn t initially arrested, quickly spawning protests that spilled on to subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide over crimes, so called vigilanteism and the response to record levels of homelessness. on friday, hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse. they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that desperately failed us. penny faces 15 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter. a charge lawyers for neely s family says doesn t go far enough. the family attorney reacting to the interview, calling it an
threatened him and others on board. penny wasn t initially arrested quickly spawning protests that spilled on to subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide over so-called vigilanteism and record levels of homelessness. on friday hundreds gathered to remember the 30-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse, they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family he said i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change a system that so desperately failed up. penny faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted of manslaughter a charge lawyers for neely s family say doesn t go far enough. joining us now president of
experienced before. neely aggressively threatened him and others on board. penny wasn t initially arrested, quickly spawning protests that spilled onto subway tracks and dividing political leaders nationwide for so-called vigilantism and record numbers of homelessness. on friday hundreds gathered to recognize the 33-year-old street performer. we keep criminalizing people with mental illness. they don t need abuse. they need help. reporter: when asked what penny would say to neely s family, he said, i m deeply saddened by the loss of life. it s tragic what happened to him. hopefully we can change the system that badly affects us.