Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has called on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to pardon Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the death of a homeless man on the subway.
In a May 16 interview with Fox News, the former South Carolina governor and wife of a combat veteran, defended Penny’s actions, saying the 24-year-old was attempting to “defend and protect” other passengers on the subway from Jordan Neely.
Witnesses to the incident on May 1 have said Neely, who had a history of mental illness, was acting erratically and threatening passengers.
“This is really upsetting,” Haley said before taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for “letting murderers go,” and allowing “street crime to happen all over New York City.”…