NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends Daniel Penny, says media has portrayed Jordan

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Eric Adams may be a Democrat, but at least he has some common sense.

In an interview with Rob Astorino, New York’s mayor came to Daniel Penny’s defense as the jury is deliberating Penny’s fate.

We’re now on the subway where we’re hearing someone talking about hurting people, killing people. You have someone on that subway who was responding, doing what we should have done as a city. Those passengers were afraid.

Listen to the exchange below:

Marine vet Penny is charged with manslaughter and negligent homicide after putting Jordan Neely, a crazed homeless man who was threatening people’s lives on a subway, in a headlock to subdue him. Neely later died, but police testified that he was breathing when they arrived.

Adams then went on to trash the media’s one-sided coverage that made Neely look like an “innocent child.” He also had heavy criticism for America’s mental health system which has failed people like Neely and countless others.

Then you look at the complete failure of our mental health system, a complete failure from the days of closing psychiatric wards and having those who needed help just turned over into the street without giving any safety net to accept them.

Penny’s attorney said this to the jury:

The government wasn’t there. The police weren’t there. Danny was. And when he needed help, no one was there. The government has the nerve to blame Danny because police weren’t there? Blame Danny for holding on when police weren’t there?