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THREAD ABOUT DANIEL PENNY ARREST: 1) I’ve been filming the daily protests over the chokehold death of #JordanNeely. The anger in the streets that Penny was released, demanding his arrest, and the shocking violent arrests by the NYPD, including that of a veteran press credentialed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 
2) On May 8, a peaceful vigil held on the subway platform where Jordan Neely was held in a chokehold for 15 minutes by ex Marine, Daniel Penny morphed into shoving, beating by a huge police presence reminding us of May 2020
3) When Daniel Penny was charged with 2nd degree manslaughter yesterday his defense immediately started to sound like Kyle Rittenhouse and I mentioned to friends twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Cowatcher Jose LaSalle of @CopwatchCPU has released some audio he captured after NYPD arrested him at a #JordanNeely protest.
You can hear cops laughing about brutalizing protesters, calling protesters "trannies", & making some startling admissions. instagram.com/reel/CsFR_qWLs…
You can hear cops laughing about brutalizing protesters, calling protesters "trannies", & making some startling admissions. instagram.com/reel/CsFR_qWLs…
Jose LaSalle of @CopwatchCPU has released audio he captured after NYPD arrested him at a #JordanNeely protest.
In the 1st 2 min, the cops laugh about brutality, make sure their body cams are turned off, & say they worried about pushing each other into the train tracks.
In the 1st 2 min, the cops laugh about brutality, make sure their body cams are turned off, & say they worried about pushing each other into the train tracks.
Note: when the cops refer to "bodies" & "collars", they're referring to arrested protesters.
"A protester who is one of five wanted by the NYPD says the capitalist system failed #JordanNeely.
'They’re bringing up charges against me for protesting,' the protester, who did not want to be named, told PIX11"
'They’re bringing up charges against me for protesting,' the protester, who did not want to be named, told PIX11"
"“We have a First Amendment right; this is literally so outrageous,” the protester said. “They are bringing up charges against me for protesting but a murderer is walking free on the streets … This is so outrageous; Black lives and homeless lives matter.”"
Check out PIX11's weaselly copaganda here.
NYPD's claim about a molotov has received lots of skepticism so PIX11 says "NYPD found items needed to make a molotov cocktail" instead of saying "NYPD found a molotov."
And they then use this to paint *protests* as violent.
NYPD's claim about a molotov has received lots of skepticism so PIX11 says "NYPD found items needed to make a molotov cocktail" instead of saying "NYPD found a molotov."
And they then use this to paint *protests* as violent.
An officer shoved a woman who was on the sidewalk, she said "don't shoved me" and pushed back, and she was grabbed.
Group continuing southeast with big SRG presence behind.
Group continuing southeast with big SRG presence behind.
Group is marching to the 7th precinct for jail support.
Helicopter hovering over the scene outside 7th precinct.
Police tried to take megaphone but we're chanted out of the group. Group is now using organic vocals. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Police tried to take megaphone but we're chanted out of the group. Group is now using organic vocals. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Protesters and press, and onlookers, gathering on the platform from incoming trains. #JordanNeely twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
About 15 demonstrators keeping up the chant. Some commuters watch or join. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Bodycams on.
"If they start jumping [on the tracks], we'll..." an officer is overheard saying. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
"If they start jumping [on the tracks], we'll..." an officer is overheard saying. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Happening soon: Vigil for #JordanNeely
7pm at Broadway-Lafayette station.
I’m told far right propagandists are already at the station. They take footage to foment hate & far right causes.
7pm at Broadway-Lafayette station.
I’m told far right propagandists are already at the station. They take footage to foment hate & far right causes.
On the ground at Broadway-Lafayette, TARU is setting up a surveillance dome. I’ve been told these domes contain facial recognition tech and livestream back to 1 Police Plaza, but I haven’t confirmed that.
A look at the SRG presence at this candlelight vigil. A white shirt walks over and says “I want the LRAD ready to go.”
Following, he says to the gaggle of SRG with him:
“If they go down the subway…(indiscernible). If they jump the turnstile, collar them.”
Following, he says to the gaggle of SRG with him:
“If they go down the subway…(indiscernible). If they jump the turnstile, collar them.”
Happening soon: People are gathering at Broadway-Lafayette subway station for a 2pm #JusticeForJordanNeely protest.
Once again, police presence is substantial inside the station. 2 police vans stationed outside one entrance. At least 8 cops on the platform plus 2 anti-terrorism.
Once again, police presence is substantial inside the station. 2 police vans stationed outside one entrance. At least 8 cops on the platform plus 2 anti-terrorism.
A vigil for #JordanNeely is set up by stairs going into the platform. A member of @PassengersUnite is speaking to cameras. “This never should have happened,” he said. States criminalization of poverty largely happens on the outskirts in predominantly black & brown communities.
Protest is gathering at E Houston & Lafayette, above the station.
We got banned for challenging the George Floyd narrative. Now we can tell the truth. 🧵
#JordanNeely was a mentally ill & very dangerous homeless man. The media will portray him as they did with other black men, who’s deaths were largely the result of their criminal conduct.
#JordanNeely was a mentally ill & very dangerous homeless man. The media will portray him as they did with other black men, who’s deaths were largely the result of their criminal conduct.
The media & politicians are at it again. He was “lynched” because he was having a “mental health crisis” they say.
“New York wasn’t safe for him” & “it was a lynching” are the type of refrain we have, in between the childhood photos & stories of his Michael Jackson fandom.
“New York wasn’t safe for him” & “it was a lynching” are the type of refrain we have, in between the childhood photos & stories of his Michael Jackson fandom.
The reality isn’t that simple. In fact, this outcome, while unfortunate, is entirely acceptable, & his killer(s) certainly don’t deserve the criminal convictions almost certainly headed their way.
That is the real tragedy. Before you feign outrage, I’ll explain just why that is.
That is the real tragedy. Before you feign outrage, I’ll explain just why that is.
Please be conscientious about which protests for #JordanNeely you attend. It’s a sick, terrible thing but high profile stories of injustice tend to get co-opted by grifts that exploit tragedy to brand build.
I will do my best to vouch and verify before sharing.
I will do my best to vouch and verify before sharing.
In general, some good parameters:
- Is the organizer directly active in the topic at hand?
- If no to the first, is the organizer flying solo or joined in collaboration with multiple groups that focus on the same topic?
- Is the organizer directly active in the topic at hand?
- If no to the first, is the organizer flying solo or joined in collaboration with multiple groups that focus on the same topic?
Ex: the vigil for Neely yesterday was initiated by a homeless rights activist. Another upcoming protest is organized by multiple housing rights groups.
On-topic organizing groups typically have speakers with firsthand experience, expert knowledge. Off-topic groups speak broadly.
On-topic organizing groups typically have speakers with firsthand experience, expert knowledge. Off-topic groups speak broadly.
No one is ready to discuss this, but at what point will someone consider that if Covid impacts the brain. Perhaps this marked uptick in violence is not occurring in a vacuum, given that most Americans have had Covid.
People are truly angrier and more aggressive.
People are truly angrier and more aggressive.
There's also the fact that increasing numbers of Americans are detached from their humanity and the humanity of others.
People are getting killed for turning around in the wrong driveway or ringing the wrong doorbell.
Sure, there's Fox, but people are rewired now.
People are getting killed for turning around in the wrong driveway or ringing the wrong doorbell.
Sure, there's Fox, but people are rewired now.
The fact that so many think #JordanNeely being killed is justified speaks to something being very wrong with people.
Outside the office of NYC @ManhattanDA . A small group gatherers and state they demand justice for #JordanNeely
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Outside the office of @ManhattanDA, activists gather to demand justice for #JordanNeely. Activists state they want to know the name of the people who choked Jordan Neely.
They chant " RELEASE HIS NAME "
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They chant " RELEASE HIS NAME "
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Outside the office of @ManhattanDA. Activists are state the demand the person who choked #JordanNeely be arrested. They chant " JUSTICE FOR JORDAN "
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Thanks to @UnsafeStreetsUS
I wanted to give a name to a victim of subway crime that was ignored.
Tommy Bailey, family man who worked as a union steamfitter. Father of three children.
He saw homeless man harassing a NYPD officer, told the man to stop
1/3
I wanted to give a name to a victim of subway crime that was ignored.
Tommy Bailey, family man who worked as a union steamfitter. Father of three children.
He saw homeless man harassing a NYPD officer, told the man to stop
1/3
@UnsafeStreetsUS Wow a lot of typos, but I was rage tweeting.
@UnsafeStreetsUS I tend to just fire off thoughts, soon after the perfectionist in me comes out.
You can follow me there in the event I get axed here. I am not moving the digest there yet or even simulposting it. Yet.
"Community policing" is not some innocuous, nicer kind of policing. It is counterinsurgency. There is no context where it isn't.
I’m en route and will be live-reporting the vigil for #JordanNeely.
Apologies in advance for typos, dropped words.
Apologies in advance for typos, dropped words.
Be further advised that when I’m reporting I’m prone to not see messages/DMs until after I’m away; apologies in advance for delays in responding.
Happening now: I’m on the northbound F train platform, where people are expected to gather for a vigil for #JordanNeely.
It seems someone already visited this platform, leaving an ominous message.
It seems someone already visited this platform, leaving an ominous message.
A subway rider choked a man to death on the train yesterday.
According to one witness, he was restrained by a second person as the first choked him from behind because he was “being too rowdy.”
The man who died is believed to be unhoused. The man who choked him was white.
According to one witness, he was restrained by a second person as the first choked him from behind because he was “being too rowdy.”
The man who died is believed to be unhoused. The man who choked him was white.
Details are scarce and the NYPD’s version of events is questionable, but across what is known, at no time did the man who was killed physically harm anyone.
The man who choked him to death was briefly in custody while questioned, then released.
The man who choked him to death was briefly in custody while questioned, then released.
The witness also notes that multiple riders praised the man who choked the guy to death, including a woman “who seemed entertained by the whole thing and looked down on him for being homeless and mentally unwell.”
