NEW YORK — It took more than a week for Daniel Penny to go from an anonymous Marine from suburban Long Island to criminal defendant in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard an F train in Lower Manhattan.
But within hours of being charged in the controversial Manhattan killing, Penny, who is white, was getting shout-outs from Republican presidential candidates and big bucks donations from right-wing culture warriors. He is free on $100,000 bond.
Kid Rock, the Trump-friendly rock star, gave $10,000 to Penny’s legal defense fund, taking an expletive-tinged shot at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for deciding to charge the attacker.
