| At Daniel Penny Suppression
Hearing NYPD Officer Says Neely
Had a Pulse and a Muffin
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
NYS
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 3 –
In the run up to the trial of
Daniel Penny for the death of
Jordan Neely on an uptown F
train in NYC on May 1, 2023,
there was a suppression
hearing on October 3, 2024
complete with body cam video
and post-arrest statement.
Inner City Press was in the
courtroom and live tweeted,
some of thread here,
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[Penny is sitting
at defense table, his video
interview is being played. So
these interchanges are from
the interview]
Police: The doors
close and he's still yelling -
when does he throw the jacket?
Penny: He said, I'll kill you,
this and that.
Penny:
Afterward, the cop came. I
asked the people on the train
to stick around, the cops are
going to come. I'm not out
here trying to attack. That's
not me, that's not how I was
trained. This guy was saying
he's going to kill people,
he's prepared to go to jail
Police: Did
he go up to particular people?
Penny: He's saying, I'm going
to kill you. Detective Medina:
The DA's Office said they
wanted to get involved and
attend..
Penny's 2d
lawyer: What did you find in
Mr. Neely's jacket pocket?
Officer Tejada:
A muffin. A full muffin.
Penny's 2d lawyer: You saw the
muffin top... Was Mr. Neely
still breathing? Officer
Tejada: Seemed like it. He had
a pulse too.
Penny's 2d
lawyer: You didn't do CPR for
several minutes, right?
Officer Tejada: We didn't.
Penny's 2d lawyer: But you did
use NARCAN, right?
ADA: Objection!
Relevance! Judge: I'll allow
it for now.
Officer Tejada:
Yes...Penny's 2d lawyer: Two
witnesses were taken to the
precinct, right? A white woman
and an African American woman?
Officer Kang: Yes. Penny's 2d
lawyer: Let me show you the
video [Two women shown. One
says, He was saying, Kill..
and It wasn't a choke hold
Penny's 2d
lawyer: It sounded to you like
the witnesses were taking the
side of Mr. Penny, talking
about how threatening Mr.
Neely had been? Officer Kang:
Yes.
Judge: We'll
break here.
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