Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida defended ex-Marine Daniel Penny as having done the "right thing" after he fatally choked Jordan Neely on a New York City Subway on May 1st.
Penny, a 24-year-old white man, has been charged with second degree manslaughter after the death of Neely, a 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator and dancer who was Black. Penny faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. He is due back in court in July.
DeSantis said Tuesday that he shouldn't be prosecuted.
"Vets look out for other vets," DeSantis said during a press conference in Lighthouse Point, Florida, referring to his own service in the US Navy. "What we can't have in our society is inmates running the asylum."
DeSantis has since shared a fundraiser for Penny's legal defense, calling him a "Good Samaritan" and criticizing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a "pro-criminal" and "Soros-Funded" prosecutor.
DeSantis tweeted:
We must defeat the Soros-Funded DAs, stop the Left's pro-criminal agenda, and take back the streets for law abiding citizens. We stand with Good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let’s show this Marine... America’s got his back.
A judge ordered Penny's release Friday on a $100,000 bond.
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