Daniel Penny Considers Suing Alvin Bragg For Malicious Prosecution

Posted • December 12, 2024: Here's what we've been waiting for. Now that Daniel Penny has been acquitted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of "subway rider" Jordan Neely, plenty have suggested that Penny file a lawsuit against his prosecutors — and it looks like that might happen. Days after his acquittal in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, lawyers for Marine veteran Daniel Penny are floating the possibility of a malicious prosecution lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who secured an indictment against their client days after police let him go, then failed to convince a jury he committed a crime. … "It was clear that there was a fear that if an arrest wasn't made – and made very quickly – that there might be rioting in the streets, and that that may ultimately look very bad for District Attorney Alvin Bragg," [attorney Steven Raiser] said. "And if that in fact happened, that could affect his re-election."

In addition to Bragg, he said the lawsuit could also potentially name Dr. Jason Graham, New York City's chief medical examiner, who signed off on Neely's cause of death as a homicide by strangulation before toxicology results had come back. Alvin Bragg? Corrupt? No way! (…)

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Fox News: Daniel Penny defense eyes Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for potential malicious prosecution lawsuit
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