
Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran, was acquitted on Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the controversial subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The verdict sparked heated reactions both inside and outside the courtroom, with Black Lives Matter (BLM) leader Walter "Hawk" Newsome issuing a stark warning, calling for "black vigilantes" to take action in the face of systemic racial injustice.