Why Daniel Penny Was Charged

Alvin Bragg was elected by a tiny faction of progressives to realize their race-obsessed vision of ‘social justice,’ not to enforce the laws evenhandedly.

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Left: Daniel Penny is taken from a New York City Police precinct, May 12, 2023. Right: Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg speaks in New York City, April 7, 2022.

David Dee Delgado, Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

New York City does not have a justice system. It has a political system masquerading as a justice system. It is run by one party, the Democratic Party, which is the tool of progressives who see prosecutorial power as a weapon for achieving their race-obsessed vision of social justice.

If you want to know why Daniel Penny now faces criminal prosecution in the death of Jordan Neely, that’s why. It is an outcome the law did not require but that extortionate progressive politics demanded.

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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