According to an attorney, the Marine veteran who was charged for using a chokehold in the subway is being used as a scapegoat for racial issues by Alvin Bragg.

On Friday, a civil rights attorney claimed that the Marine veteran who was charged by New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg for the death of a homeless man with a criminal history is a clear example of the official's inclination towards racially motivated prosecutions.
Daniel Penny, a veteran who has been charged, first informed the NYPD officers about his involvement in the disorderly incident on a Queensbound F Train near Broadway-Lafayette station, which resulted in the death of Jordan Neely.
According to reports, Neely became angry suddenly and threw some clothes, which led Penny to use a chokehold on him.
The civil rights lawyer from Los Angeles, Leo Terrell, noticed that the police released Penny without pressing charges even though he surrendered himself, which caused a commotion among activists and may have motivated Bragg to file charges on his own.
The Marine veteran was charged, but others who helped him were not, which raises the question of why. Terrell, who is Black, believes that the "far-left" Bragg used the situation to play the race card, as the Marine veteran is White and the victim is Black. Terrell also pointed out that 27 other people have died or been killed in the MTA subway system this year without the same response from Bragg's office.
The act of playing the race card is at its worst in this situation.
This Marine is being made to take the blame or suffer the consequences.
Terrell expressed that he takes offense to it.
Terrell pointed out that those who use the race card as a tactic and those on the political left fail to acknowledge that prosecutions similar to these occur in cities governed by mayors who are minorities.
He highlighted that Eric Adams, Karen Bass in Los Angeles, and Brandon Johnson in Chicago, who will soon take office, are all mayors of major cities and are also Black.
A shared characteristic is present: the cities are being governed by a mayor who is Black.
He stated that there is an issue in providing mental health services to these people.
According to Judge Jeanine Pirro, the individuals in charge of the city are neglecting the needs of the minority community. She also mentioned that the timing of the charges against Penny by Bragg allows his legal team, which includes a Marine veteran, to present their case to the grand jury in a distinctive manner.
According to her, grand juries usually only receive evidence presented by the prosecution.
Like Terrell, she observed that Penny provided a statement to the police on her own accord and was not charged until a significant public outcry seemed to motivate Bragg to take action.
According to her, Alvin Bragg, who is highly involved in politics, made the decision to file a felony complaint and accuse him of murder, even though the police did not believe it was the right time to do so.