It's a travesty the Penny case was brought, Hannity says
Fox News host Sean Hannity reflects on the verdict of the Daniel Penny trial on "Hannity."
SEAN HANNITY: Justice was served in a New York City courtroom earlier today after the jury found Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the subway death of Jordan Neely. Now, this comes after the manslaughter charge was dismissed by the judge on Friday, after the jury … (was) deadlocked, they failed to come to a unanimous decision.
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Now, the fact that this case was ever brought forward is a complete travesty of justice. ... How is this person supposed to react when you have a crazed homeless person, with a history a mile long in terms of dealing with cops and authorities, in a subway car yelling that he's going to kill himself and everybody else in that subway car?
Well, that would be a clear and present danger, not only to himself, but everyone in the subway and everybody around him. Daniel Penny stepped in as a brave Good Samaritan to protect everyone else in that car.
Sean Hannity currently serves as host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) Hannity (weeknights, 9 PM/ET). Based in New York, he joined the network in 1996 and achieved the title as the longest-running current primetime host in cable news in television history.